Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 4.24% or 0.0930 points to trade at 2.2850 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 3.39% or 1.000 points to end at 30.500 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.92% or 0.810 points to 28.510 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 2.03% or 183.0 points to trade at 8825.0 in late trade. Megion (MCX:MFGS) declined 1.26% or 7.0 points to end at 548.0 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 1.08% or 1.64 points to 150.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 82 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.27% to 22.280 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 12.35 to $1265.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.49% or 0.24 to hit $48.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.19 to trade at $51.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.67% to 56.2154, while EUR/RUB rose 1.27% to 61.428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.63.