Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.29%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:RTKM ), which rose 3.38% or 2.43 points to trade at 74.31 at the close. Meanwhile, ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES ) unchanged 1.85% or 0.00 points to end at 0.08 and GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR ) was up 1.83% or 9.30 points to 517.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX:TATN ), which fell 5.92% or 39.20 points to trade at 622.70 at the close. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX:TATN_p ) declined 5.89% or 38.90 points to end at 621.10 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR ) was down 3.49% or 45.00 points to 1,245.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 136 to 103 and 13 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.31% to 32.32.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.95% or 25.30 to $2,640.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.21% or 3.25 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $77.47 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 96.73, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 106.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 102.21.

Source: Investing.com