Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.98% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 7.03% or 0.0370 points to trade at 0.5630 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 6.46% or 2.510 points to end at 41.360 and Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) was up 6.12% or 60.0 points to 1040.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL), which lost 3.29% or 4.90 points to trade at 144.00 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.33% or 10.00 points to end at 419.00 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 2.15% or 242.0 points to 11038.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 78 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.36% to 35.610.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.50 to $1192.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.14% or 1.85 to hit $60.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.39% or 1.58 to trade at $68.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 3.15% to 50.442, while EUR/RUB fell 2.79% to 56.480.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 95.20.