Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 3.90% or 0.0075 points to trade at 0.2008 at the close. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) added 2.67% or 0.0241 points to end at 0.9264 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was up 2.41% or 9.35 points to 398.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 3.86% or 7.30 points to trade at 181.80 in late trade. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 3.00% or 306.0 points to end at 9896.0 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) shed 1.36% or 7.90 points to 571.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 108 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.40% to 24.660.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.15 to $1137.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.58% or 0.84 to hit $53.86 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.83 to trade at $56.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.50% to 60.6735, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 63.447.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.