Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 3.57% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 12.45% or 54.45 points to trade at 491.95 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 10.95% or 35.50 points to end at 359.60 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 6.79% or 10.90 points to 171.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which lost 5.07% or 37.5 points to trade at 701.5 in late trade. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 3.53% or 11.70 points to end at 319.50 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 2.43% or 3.95 points to 158.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 82 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.96% to 17.490 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.51 to $1276.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.21 to hit $57.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.52 to trade at $63.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.48% to 59.3616, while EUR/RUB rose 0.21% to 68.7398.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.85.