Russia Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power, and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 1.90%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were:
– Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL): rose 0.57% or 82.50 points to trade at 14,512.50.
– Rosneft PJSC (MCX:ROSN): added 0.25% or 1.20 points to end at 490.50.
– GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR): unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO): fell 6.57% or 18.20 points to trade at 258.80.
– ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES): unchanged 5.51% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07.
– ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR): down 4.91% or 141.00 points to 2,730.50.

Market Statistics

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 226 to 22, while 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in ROSSETI PJSC reached 5-year lows and shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC hit 52-week lows.

Index and Commodities

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.60% to 46.99.

Gold Futures for February delivery were up 0.26% or 6.86 to $2,665.36 a troy ounce.
Crude oil for January delivery rose 2.70% or 1.84 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.76 to trade at $73.59 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• USD/RUB was down 1.41% to 105.01.
• EUR/RUB fell 1.29% to 110.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 106.32.