Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.92% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 2.33% or 4350 points to trade at 190750 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 0.73% or 0.0200 points to end at 2.7550 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 0.65% or 0.200 points to 31.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 3.40% or 5.88 points to trade at 166.92 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 2.59% or 10.25 points to end at 385.20 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) shed 2.41% or 9.15 points to 369.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 82 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.34% to 23.290.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1225.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.21 to trade at $55.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.93% to 57.4479, while EUR/RUB fell 1.15% to 60.737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 101.29.