Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 7.09% or 10.40 points to trade at 157.00 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 4.01% or 0.0910 points to end at 2.3615 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 3.56% or 1.105 points to 32.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megion (MCX:MFGS), which lost 6.90% or 40.0 points to trade at 540.0 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 3.46% or 27.00 points to end at 753.50 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 1.90% or 3250 points to 167600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 61 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.63% to 24.080.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 6.84 to $1254.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.39% to 56.4092, while EUR/RUB fell 0.78% to 63.141.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.18.