Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.11%

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 declined 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:), which rose 2.95% or 5.91 points to trade at 206.45 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:) added 2.67% or 12.90 points to end at 496.50 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:) was up 2.64% or 0.05 points to 1.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:), which fell 2.99% or 1.08 points to trade at 34.83 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:) declined 2.58% or 0.25 points to end at 9.51 and Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:) was down 1.20% or 14.00 points to 1,157.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 111 and 11 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.11% to 37.41.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 13.75 to $2,692.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.84% or 0.65 to hit $76.65 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.87 to trade at $80.14 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.65% to 103.38, while EUR/RUB rose 1.21% to 106.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 109.04.