Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 11.13% or 5.70 points to trade at 56.90 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 5.23% or 0.0035 points to end at 0.0700 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 4.89% or 0.0029 points to 0.0628 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 5.87% or 31.00 points to trade at 497.00 in late trade. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 4.47% or 129.0 points to end at 2758.0 and Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) shed 4.09% or 9.00 points to 211.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 57 and 4 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.58% to 44.730.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.46% or 16.90 to $1136.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.22% or 1.23 to hit $39.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 0.80 to trade at $43.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.88% to 68.784, while EUR/RUB fell 4.73% to 78.486.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.33% at 94.62.