Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.25%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX: TRMK ), which rose 2.17% or 1.80 points to trade at 84.80 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX: TATN_p ) added 1.84% or 8.90 points to end at 493.90 and PIK (MCX: PIKK ) was up 1.56% or 5.00 points to 324.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX: UWGN ), which lost 4.08% or 29.5 points to trade at 694.0 in late trade. PhosAgro ao (MCX: PHOR ) declined 3.87% or 93.0 points to end at 2313.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX: RUAL ) shed 3.10% or 0.860 points to 26.840.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 83 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.17% to 22.990.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1292.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.69 to trade at $79.91 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.82% to 61.0958, while EUR/RUB fell 0.89% to 72.0117.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.46.