Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.72% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 3.51% or 0.470 points to trade at 13.870 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.89% or 3.78 points to end at 134.48 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 2.61% or 0.0016 points to 0.0637 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which lost 1.78% or 85.0 points to trade at 4693.0 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 1.58% or 12 points to end at 746 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 1.27% or 4.00 points to 310.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 85 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.82% to 18.160.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.94 to $1330.76 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $48.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.33 to trade at $54.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.81% to 57.6753, while EUR/RUB rose 0.81% to 68.9600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 91.92.