Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil and Gas and Telecom sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 5.48%, while the MICEX index climbed 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the RTSI were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 9.61% or 1.350 points to trade at 15.400 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 7.75% or 5.900 points to end at 82.000 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 5.51% or 3.84 points to 73.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 3.61% or 22.50 points to trade at 600.00 in late trade. Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) declined 2.94% or 300.0 points to end at 9910.0 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) shed 2.57% or 290.0 points to 10990.0.
The top performers on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) which rose 9.61% to 15.400, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) which was up 7.75% to settle at 82.000 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) which gained 5.51% to close at 73.50.
The worst performers were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) which was down 3.61% to 600.00 in late trade, Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) which lost 2.94% to settle at 9910.0 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) which was down 2.57% to 10990.0 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 52 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.32% or 16.80 to $1260.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.88% or 1.43 to hit $51.00 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.75% or 1.50 to trade at $56.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 3.02% to 66.302, while EUR/RUB fell 1.82% to 76.067.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.96% at 93.91.