Stocks listed in Moscow closed the Tuesday session lower, weighed by declines in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors that pushed overall indices down.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.84% and recorded a new one-month low.
Session leaders and laggards
- ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) was recorded among the top performers on the MOEX Russia Index, showing unchanged at 0.07 with a 6.41% notation and a 0.00 point change at the close.
- Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR) rose 3.18%, gaining 2.65 points to finish at 86.04.
- PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) advanced 1.70%, up 125.00 points to 7,471.00 in late trade.
- NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK) was the session's biggest decliner, slipping 2.89% or 38.00 points to close at 1,276.40.
- TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX:TATN_p) dropped 2.79%, down 17.10 points to end at 595.90.
- Rosneft PJSC (MCX:ROSN) lost 2.78%, a decline of 13.80 points to 481.75.
On the Moscow Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 145 to 94, while 12 issues finished unchanged, indicating a broadly negative breadth for the session.
Volatility and commodities
The Russian Volatility Index - RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, moved lower, falling 8.20% to 22.29.
Commodities were mixed in the session. Gold futures for June delivery climbed 3.11%, up 141.75, to $4,699.25 a troy ounce. In crude markets, the May contract fell 1.28%, down $1.32 to $101.56 a barrel, while the June Brent contract rose 0.45%, gaining $0.46 to trade at $103.73 a barrel.
FX and broader markets
FX moves were minimal in Moscow trading. USD/RUB was unchanged at 81.31 and EUR/RUB was unchanged at 93.95. The US Dollar Index futures traded lower, down 0.66% at 99.70.
These figures reflect the close of trading on Tuesday in Moscow, with markets showing sector-led weakness and a mix of signals from commodity and volatility indicators.