Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.10% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 2.59% or 2.94 points to trade at 116.45 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 1.16% or 2000 points to end at 174450 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 0.65% or 16.0 points to 2460.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 6.28% or 0.0644 points to trade at 0.9616 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 5.44% or 2.000 points to end at 34.780 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) shed 4.58% or 0.0095 points to 0.1981.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 165 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.25% to 25.580.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.25 to $1218.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $56.08 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 58.1149, while EUR/RUB fell 0.14% to 61.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.70.