Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.02%

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining , Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX: RNFT ), which rose 3.87% or 22.0 points to trade at 590.0 at the close. Magnit (MCX: MGNT ) added 3.42% or 129.5 points to end at 3920.0 and SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ) was up 1.96% or 1.52 points to 79.14 in late trade.

Biggest losers included MMK (MCX: MAGN ), which lost 2.87% or 1.290 points to trade at 43.680 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX: RUAL ) declined 2.30% or 0.710 points to end at 30.150 and Gazprom PAO (MCX: GAZP ) shed 1.45% or 2.33 points to 158.15.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 98 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.29% to 25.240.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.05 to $1288.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.28% or 1.15 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 0.92 to trade at $59.91 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.06% to 67.0385, while EUR/RUB fell 0.64% to 76.4175.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 95.752.