Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 3.94% or 375.0 points to trade at 9889.0 at the close. RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) added 2.82% or 8.00 points to end at 291.50 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 2.73% or 70.0 points to 2630.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 4.37% or 7.40 points to trade at 161.80 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 3.38% or 0.0023 points to end at 0.0651 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 2.10% or 1.540 points to 71.950.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 72 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.55% to 36.620.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.20 to $1091.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.73% or 0.78 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.60 to trade at $50.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.09% to 62.819, while EUR/RUB fell 1.19% to 68.770.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 97.55.