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 lost 1.94%.
The best performers of the session on the were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,384.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:), which fell 5.57% or 14.80 points to trade at 251.00 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:) declined 3.79% or 0.31 points to end at 7.81 and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:) was 3.41% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 213 to 30 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 5.34% to 43.28.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.25% or 33.59 to $2,719.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 3.05% to 103.05, while EUR/RUB rose 2.77% to 108.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.11.
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