MOSCOW: Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares lower. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.10% to hit a new 3-months low. The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 2.59% or 2.94 points to trade at 116.45 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 1.16% or 2000 points to end at 174450 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 0.65% or 16.0 points to 2460.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 6.28% or 0.0644 points to trade at 0.9616 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 5.44% or 2.000 points to end at 34.780 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was down 4.58% or 0.0095 points to 0.1981. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 165 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged. The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.25% to 25.580.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.25 to $1218.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $56.08 a barrel. USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 58.1139, while EUR/RUB fell 0.14% to 61.500. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.70.