Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 5.63% or 2.67 points to trade at 50.12 at the close. Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) added 5.33% or 4.40 points to end at 86.97 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) was up 3.59% or 21.55 points to 622.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 0.87% or 1.98 points to trade at 226.45 in late trade. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) declined 0.75% or 3.20 points to end at 424.20 and Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX) shed 0.29% or 11.50 points to 3,911.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 227 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.18% to 33.66 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.80 to $2,504.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.75% or 1.40 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $81.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 90.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 99.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 102.43.