Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Oil&Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 2.29% or 49.50 points to trade at 2213.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.17% or 3.64 points to end at 171.30 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 2.16% or 0.1400 points to 6.6250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 4.66% or 32.0 points to trade at 655.0 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.21% or 9.10 points to end at 403.50 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 2.09% or 4.09 points to 191.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 100 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) rose to all time highs; rising 2.17% or 3.64 to 171.30.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.01% to 23.600.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.50% or 6.50 to $1303.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 62.0855, while EUR/RUB rose 0.22% to 72.7675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.86.
