Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.71% or 130.0 points to trade at 3630.0 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 3.70% or 27.50 points to end at 771.30 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.82% or 18.70 points to 682.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 4.60% or 5.14 points to trade at 106.70 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 4.30% or 75.0 points to end at 1667.5 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 1.92% or 0.0145 points to 0.7403.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 93 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.15% to 27.580.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 4.90 to $1244.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $52.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.20 to trade at $61.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 66.5572, while EUR/RUB rose 0.11% to 75.5500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.808.