Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 1.67%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 1.67% to hit a new 52-week low.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL ), which rose 4.02% or 526.00 points to trade at 13,600.00 at the close. Meanwhile, TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX:TATN_p ) added 1.80% or 9.80 points to end at 553.70 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM ) was up 1.79% or 0.14 points to 8.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were LUKOIL PJSC (MCX:LKOH ), which fell 7.15% or 485.00 points to trade at 6,294.50 at the close. Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF ) declined 3.60% or 38.00 points to end at 1,016.40 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL ) was down 2.63% or 0.78 points to 28.85.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 101 and 13 ended unchanged.

Shares in Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF ) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.60% or 38.00 to 1,016.40. Shares in OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL ) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.63% or 0.78 to 28.85.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.97% to 48.38.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 8.59 to $2,661.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.34% or 0.95 to hit $69.76 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.66 to trade at $73.25 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.97% to 104.60, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 109.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.67.

Source: Investing.com