Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 3.24%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 3.24%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p ), which rose 2.67% or 1.52 points to trade at 58.72 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL ) 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:FEES ), which unchanged 5.11% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.08 at the close. Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS ) declined 4.84% or 9.50 points to end at 186.60 and Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p ) 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:TRNF_p ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.58% or 56.00 to 1,167.00.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , 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.

Source: Investing.com