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 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 5.81% or 8.16 points to trade at 148.52 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 3.54% or 0.780 points to end at 22.800 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 3.31% or 2.40 points to 75.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 3.63% or 0.0065 points to trade at 0.1725 in late trade. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.17% or 0.0205 points to end at 0.9230 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 2.13% or 4000 points to 183750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 97 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.34% to 22.770.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.08% or 0.95 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.84% or 0.88 to hit $48.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.63% or 0.83 to trade at $51.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 56.9488, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 61.757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.19.