Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 9.56% or 71.00 points to trade at 814.00 at the close. Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) added 4.90% or 8.60 points to end at 184.00 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) was up 3.46% or 0.0204 points to 0.6095 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which lost 1.59% or 41.0 points to trade at 2533.0 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 1.42% or 1.25 points to end at 86.95 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) shed 0.96% or 0.0008 points to 0.0774.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 69 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.66% to 36.660.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1165.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.46% or 0.69 to hit $47.79 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.41 to trade at $50.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.31% to 62.472, while EUR/RUB rose 1.51% to 71.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.80.