Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 2.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 13.99% or 82.5 points to trade at 672.0 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 8.04% or 15.44 points to end at 207.50 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 6.85% or 1.360 points to 21.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which lost 3.87% or 17.40 points to trade at 432.60 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 1.85% or 5.80 points to end at 307.40 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) shed 1.22% or 1.10 points to 88.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 71 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.81% to 32.660.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 2.80 to $1347.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.68% to 61.5638, while EUR/RUB rose 0.41% to 76.0325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.32.