Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 3.24% or 8.30 points to trade at 264.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.82% or 0.0450 points to end at 1.6400 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was up 2.11% or 3800 points to 183800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which fell 4.12% or 28.00 points to trade at 651.00 at the close. Sberbank (MCX:SBER) declined 2.56% or 2.80 points to end at 106.46 and Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) was down 2.53% or 26.0 points to 1001.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 93 and 27 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 6.12% to 36.690 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.16% or 14.50 to $1230.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.37% or 0.88 to hit $36.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.33% or 0.92 to trade at $38.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.72% to 71.1776, while EUR/RUB rose 1.71% to 79.065.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 96.64.