Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 3.72% or 26.0 points to trade at 724.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.27% or 3.58 points to end at 161.00 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 1.88% or 0.0810 points to 4.3800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 2.71% or 14.20 points to trade at 509.10 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 2.18% or 0.205 points to end at 9.185 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was down 2.18% or 97.0 points to 4355.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 98 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.88% or 0.0810 to 4.3800.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.96% to 22.070.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 3.70 to $1255.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.68 to trade at $78.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.94% to 61.9062, while EUR/RUB fell 1.09% to 72.6518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.95.
