Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.21% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 6.12% or 65.70 points to trade at 1139.80 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 3.13% or 0.840 points to end at 27.640 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.11% or 0.0218 points to 0.7236 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 1.78% or 12 points to trade at 688 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 1.66% or 0.0104 points to end at 0.6153 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) shed 1.26% or 0.0021 points to 0.1648.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 73 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.63% to 27.150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.40 to $1203.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.79 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.84 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.95% to 67.4198, while EUR/RUB fell 1.01% to 78.6951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.16.