Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which rose 4.08% or 12.50 points to trade at 318.50 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 3.74% or 0.0022 points to end at 0.0622 and ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) was up 2.26% or 34.0 points to 1540.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mos obl sb (MCX:MSRS), which lost 3.16% or 0.0300 points to trade at 0.9200 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 3.00% or 2.30 points to end at 74.35 and Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) shed 2.46% or 25.0 points to 990.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 92 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 5.53% to 35.890 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.80% or 9.60 to $1212.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $57.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.20 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.09% to 51.354, while EUR/RUB rose 0.21% to 56.331.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 96.31.