Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which rose 6.07% or 5.45 points to trade at 95.25 at the close. MiMES Rostelekom OAO Pref (MCX:RTKM_p) added 5.07% or 3.17 points to end at 65.67 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 3.29% or 351.0 points to 11005.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which lost 4.23% or 0.0490 points to trade at 1.1100 in late trade. Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) declined 3.61% or 71.0 points to end at 1896.0 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) shed 2.54% or 253.0 points to 9701.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 87 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.64% to 37.260.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.25% or 2.90 to $1176.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.18% or 1.85 to hit $59.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.28% or 2.06 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.72% to 55.587, while EUR/RUB fell 0.99% to 62.647.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.25.