Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 7.59% or 40.90 points to trade at 579.55 at the close. Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) added 6.08% or 5.68 points to end at 99.08 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) was up 4.10% or 178.00 points to 4,516.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 2.07% or 15.80 points to trade at 747.20 in late trade. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 0.79% or 5.10 points to end at 641.60 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 0.77% or 1.82 points to 233.12.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 204 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.26% or 30.50 to $2,456.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.70% or 0.53 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.54 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 85.73, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.24.