Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the fell 3.24%.
The best performers of the session on the were Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:), which rose 2.67% or 1.52 points to trade at 58.72 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:) was down 1.05% or 153.00 points to 14,418.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:), which unchanged 5.11% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.08 at the close. Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:) declined 4.84% or 9.50 points to end at 186.60 and Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:) was down 4.58% or 56.00 points to 1,167.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 244 to 10 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.58% or 56.00 to 1,167.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 3.96% to 43.82 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 21.20 to $2,635.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $69.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $73.46 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.82% to 100.57, while EUR/RUB rose 0.80% to 106.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.12.
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