Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.87% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.32% or 178.5 points to trade at 5550.0 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 2.42% or 4.36 points to end at 184.20 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.99% or 0.0540 points to 2.7680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which lost 6.08% or 1.890 points to trade at 29.195 in late trade. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 1.59% or 1.570 points to end at 97.230 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) shed 1.40% or 25.0 points to 1760.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 100 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.64% to 23.260.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.41% or 5.35 to $1308.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.64% or 1.37 to hit $53.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.32% or 1.39 to trade at $61.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.41% to 65.9905, while EUR/RUB fell 0.35% to 75.4475.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.438.