Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 1.94%

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 lost 1.94%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG ) 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:VKCO ), which fell 5.57% or 14.80 points to trade at 251.00 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM ) declined 3.79% or 0.31 points to end at 7.81 and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES ) 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:AGRODR ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , 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.

Source: Investing.com