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 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the were PIK (MCX:), which rose 0.43% or 3.60 points to trade at 833.90 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 and Yandex NV (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:), which fell 6.27% or 35.10 points to trade at 525.00 at the close. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:) declined 5.54% or 221.50 points to end at 3,778.00 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:) was down 5.15% or 34.70 points to 639.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 238 to 14.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.40% to 27.72 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 7.60 to $2,371.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.52 to hit $81.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $85.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 86.48, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 93.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.81.
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