Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 4.52% or 0.0300 points to trade at 0.6935 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 3.97% or 3.57 points to end at 93.53 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 3.71% or 375.0 points to 10475.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 2.43% or 2.85 points to trade at 114.50 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.09% or 0.500 points to end at 23.450 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 1.64% or 5.30 points to 317.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 112 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.06% to 25.710 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1327.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.02% or 0.44 to hit $42.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $44.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 65.9448, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 72.411.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.