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 0.94% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 12.50% or 50.0 points to trade at 449.9 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 4.32% or 1.305 points to end at 31.495 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 4.26% or 17.50 points to 428.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 1.84% or 76.0 points to trade at 4054.0 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 1.14% or 2000 points to end at 173400 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 1.08% or 1.00 points to 91.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 95 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.39% to 20.650 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1318.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.50 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $62.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 65.5864, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 74.8102.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.808.