Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.37%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.37%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX: UWGN ), which rose 4.09% or 16.0 points to trade at 407.0 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX: FIVEDR ) added 3.80% or 63.0 points to end at 1719.5 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX: SBER ) was up 2.36% or 4.30 points to 186.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included MMK (MCX: MAGN ), which lost 4.05% or 1.805 points to trade at 42.750 in late trade. Lukoil (MCX: LKOH ) declined 3.43% or 175.0 points to end at 4925.0 and SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ) shed 1.77% or 1.45 points to 80.70.

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 3.83% to 27.630.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1252.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 5.36% or 2.69 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 4.18% or 2.49 to trade at $57.12 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.33% to 66.9968, while EUR/RUB rose 0.53% to 76.1717.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.472.