Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 7.93% or 337.0 points to trade at 4588.0 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.47% or 0.2850 points to end at 8.5100 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 3.13% or 12.60 points to 414.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 1.94% or 2.85 points to trade at 143.85 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 1.69% or 0.210 points to end at 12.190 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) shed 1.47% or 9.30 points to 621.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 95 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.21% to 20.940.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.72% or 23.30 to $1332.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.09% or 0.67 to hit $62.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $65.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.02% to 56.4839, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 69.7222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.56.