Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 3.44% or 6500 points to trade at 195500 at the close. MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 3.05% or 8.40 points to end at 283.75 and Megion (MCX:MFGS) was up 2.69% or 17.0 points to 650.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 3.51% or 0.0068 points to trade at 0.1880 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 3.08% or 4.60 points to end at 144.60 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 2.74% or 37.00 points to 1311.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 95 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.11% to 24.660.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.95% or 11.75 to $1245.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 0.75 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.69 to trade at $50.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.60% to 57.6427, while EUR/RUB rose 0.82% to 62.177.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 99.51.