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 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 5.39% or 0.1355 points to trade at 2.6500 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 4.31% or 36 points to end at 872 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 3.45% or 4.94 points to 148.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 2.63% or 285.0 points to trade at 10534.0 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.43% or 0.0595 points to end at 4.0905 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) shed 1.04% or 2.70 points to 255.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 139 to 73 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.52% to 22.990.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.22% or 2.65 to $1187.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.04% or 0.54 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 0.71 to trade at $54.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.08% to 60.1256, while EUR/RUB fell 0.00% to 63.577.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 101.91.