Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 2.97% or 28.50 points to trade at 987.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 2.28% or 2.28 points to end at 102.37 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 2.03% or 0.735 points to 37.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which fell 2.52% or 41.0 points to trade at 1583.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 2.44% or 16.0 points to end at 639.0 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 2.33% or 0.0620 points to 2.6010.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 98 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) rose to all time highs; up 2.97% or 28.50 to 987.60. Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) fell to all time lows; down 2.52% or 41.0 to 1583.0. Shares in Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.03% or 0.735 to 37.000.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 19.78% to 28.160 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.40 to $1202.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $67.31 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.93% to 66.5045, while EUR/RUB fell 2.55% to 75.4043.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.59.
