Russian Stock Market Review

Investing.com – Russia's stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, with losses in the Power, Telecoms, and Mining sectors leading to declines.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.48%.

Best Performers

• OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL): rose 1.40% or 0.47 points to trade at 34.41.
• GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR): added 0.84% or 10.20 points to end at 1,231.60.
• Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL): up 0.32% or 47.00 points to 14,601.50 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK): fell 3.51% or 22.40 points to trade at 615.40.
• AK ALROSA PJSC (MCX:ALRS): declined 2.91% or 1.52 points to end at 50.78.
• ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES): was down 2.48%.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 189 to 54, with 12 remaining unchanged.

Shares in PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) fell to a 52-week low; down 3.51% or 22.40 to 615.40. Conversely, Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) rose to a 52-week high, increasing 0.32% or 47.00 to 14,601.50.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, measuring the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, rose 2.77% to 27.48.

Commodity Trading

• Gold Futures for December delivery: up 0.88% or 24.20 to $2,763.10 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for December: rose 1.81% or 1.27 to $71.31 a barrel.
• December Brent oil contract: fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $75.53 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• USD/RUB: down 0.01% to 95.74.
• EUR/RUB: fell 0.01% to 103.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.89.