Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 5.33% or 8950 points to trade at 176950 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) added 5.15% or 60.0 points to end at 1225.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 3.81% or 1.085 points to 29.585 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 2.05% or 0.0178 points to trade at 0.8522 in late trade. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) declined 1.91% or 16.5 points to end at 848.5 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) shed 1.68% or 1.26 points to 73.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 86 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.82% to 23.470.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.46 to $1215.66 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.73% or 0.77 to hit $45.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 0.77 to trade at $47.65 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.98% to 60.8162, while EUR/RUB rose 1.05% to 69.3930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.64.