Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 4.07% or 1.100 points to trade at 28.100 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 3.27% or 23.5 points to end at 741.5 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 2.52% or 13.0 points to 529.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 2.27% or 0.0192 points to trade at 0.8278 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 1.80% or 12 points to end at 656 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) shed 1.73% or 33.5 points to 1906.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 107 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.05% to 30.770.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.74% or 9.80 to $1333.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.81 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.65% to 61.4040, while EUR/RUB fell 0.44% to 75.1000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 90.57.