Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 2.77% or 19.0 points to trade at 704.0 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 1.96% or 12.80 points to end at 666.95 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 1.53% or 10 points to 695 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 3.85% or 29.5 points to trade at 737.0 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 3.84% or 1.070 points to end at 26.780 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) shed 1.76% or 3.46 points to 193.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 92 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 10.26% to 29.560.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1314.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.84% or 2.01 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.74 to trade at $74.43 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.86% to 63.4649, while EUR/RUB rose 0.52% to 75.4175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.83.