Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which rose 5.26% or 4.75 points to trade at 95.00 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 3.66% or 26.5 points to end at 751.5 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 3.65% or 22.10 points to 627.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 3.43% or 28.0 points to trade at 789.5 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.33% or 14.0 points to end at 586.5 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 2.02% or 104.0 points to 5050.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 98 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.02% to 21.780.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.59% or 7.80 to $1328.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.03% or 0.63 to hit $60.73 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.24 to trade at $64.71 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 56.9098, while EUR/RUB rose 0.58% to 70.5900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.58.