Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 6.77% or 46.50 points to trade at 733.50 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 4.30% or 0.0420 points to end at 1.0180 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 3.21% or 2.54 points to 81.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which lost 2.33% or 2.39 points to trade at 100.16 in late trade. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 2.05% or 18.20 points to end at 868.20 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) shed 2.02% or 0.580 points to 28.150.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 106 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.12% to 24.510.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.20% or 15.25 to $1288.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.70% or 0.33 to hit $46.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.46 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.16% to 63.2781, while EUR/RUB rose 0.63% to 69.964.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.