MOSCOW: Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE), which rose 2.90% or 22.0 points to trade at 780.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) added 2.38% or 25.0 points to end at 1075.0 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) was up 1.94% or 190.0 points to 10000.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 2.89% or 1.76 points to trade at 59.12 at the close. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 2.88% or 0.0176 points to end at 0.5945 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 2.86% or 7.65 points to 260.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 56 and 5 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.91% to 33.750.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.64% or 20.10 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.35% or 2.02 to hit $58.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.15% or 2.08 to trade at $64.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.72% to 49.477, while EUR/RUB fell 0.89% to 55.090.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.30% at 95.45.
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