Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 5.54% or 204.00 points to trade at 3,887.00 at the close. Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL) added 4.85% or 580.50 points to end at 12,539.50 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) was up 4.49% or 5.35 points to 124.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:MTSS), which lost 15.14% or 39.45 points to trade at 221.15 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 1.21% or 0.27 points to end at 21.88 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) shed 0.82% or 0.06 points to 6.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 95 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.15% to 33.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.84% or 44.70 to $2,473.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.34% or 1.08 to hit $79.76 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $83.87 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 88.40, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 96.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.93.