Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 3.85% or 3.700 points to trade at 99.700 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 2.46% or 13.0 points to end at 541.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 2.15% or 0.0865 points to 4.1100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which lost 1.59% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.940 in late trade. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) declined 1.55% or 0.0420 points to end at 2.6600 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 1.32% or 4.60 points to 344.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 95 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.54% to 24.080.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1220.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.69 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.38% to 63.4963, while EUR/RUB fell 0.03% to 73.6075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.99.