Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 2.80% or 0.0166 points to trade at 0.6095 at the close. MiMES Rostelekom OAO Pref (MCX:RTKM_p) added 1.73% or 1.20 points to end at 70.50 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 1.63% or 10.80 points to 674.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 2.77% or 2.38 points to trade at 83.52 in late trade. MTS (MCX:MTSS) declined 2.71% or 7.10 points to end at 255.10 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) shed 2.14% or 75.0 points to 3435.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 98 and 34 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.64% to 34.520.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.63% or 21.05 to $1271.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.52% or 0.76 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.76 to trade at $49.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.36% to 64.0511, while EUR/RUB fell 0.99% to 72.071.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 94.09.