Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.98% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 6.18% or 2.330 points to trade at 40.020 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 4.10% or 11.00 points to end at 279.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 3.79% or 4.20 points to 114.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which lost 4.68% or 0.1150 points to trade at 2.3400 in late trade. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 2.34% or 1.85 points to end at 77.10 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 1.72% or 0.200 points to 11.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 101 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.27% to 22.110.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.44 to $1261.26 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.55% or 0.27 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.24 to trade at $52.13 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.48% to 59.7511, while EUR/RUB fell 0.78% to 70.2950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.59.