Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR), which rose 4.23% or 14 points to trade at 345 at the close. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 3.49% or 364.0 points to end at 10787.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.76% or 10.60 points to 394.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which lost 8.23% or 8.30 points to trade at 92.55 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 3.15% or 21.70 points to end at 668.00 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 2.49% or 16 points to 626.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 107 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.72% to 17.850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 7.00 to $1239.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.08 to trade at $63.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.44% to 59.2590, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 69.4679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.17.