Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining , Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 2.49%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX: OZONDR ), which rose 0.12% or 4.50 points to trade at 3,774.50 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 1,083.80 and TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX: TATN ) was down 0.19% or 1.40 points to 724.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit PJSC (MCX: MGNT ), which fell 6.21% or 296.00 points to trade at 4,467.50 at the close. Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ) declined 5.00% or 0.09 points to end at 1.77 and Severstal PJSC (MCX: CHMF ) was down 4.40% or 47.60 points to 1,033.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 227 to 18 and 10 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 0.50% to 49.45.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.60% or 20.05 to $3,327.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.03% or 1.88 to hit $60.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.06 to trade at $62.95 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 82.00, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.00.