Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 4.99% or 6.20 points to trade at 130.50 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 2.89% or 127.0 points to end at 4514.0 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 2.31% or 0.0012 points to 0.0523 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 2.72% or 11.40 points to trade at 407.30 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 1.87% or 0.650 points to end at 34.170 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) shed 1.70% or 0.1300 points to 7.5100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 95 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.64% to 21.840.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.71% or 9.60 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.70% or 0.44 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.41 to trade at $68.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.25% to 57.6427, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 70.7175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.83.