Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.01% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 9.70% or 0.3560 points to trade at 4.0255 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 3.88% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.2140 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 2.86% or 0.630 points to 22.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which fell 3.26% or 81.0 points to trade at 2400.0 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) declined 3.15% or 6.90 points to end at 212.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 3.11% or 10.95 points to 340.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 176 to 58 and 14 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.54% to 26.930 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.19% or 2.35 to $1256.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.39% or 0.75 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.68 to trade at $55.74 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.67% to 58.4648, while EUR/RUB rose 0.70% to 62.075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 100.93.