Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.69% or 59.0 points to trade at 1656.0 at the close. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 3.51% or 420.0 points to end at 12379.0 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 3.14% or 12.80 points to 419.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 2.37% or 2.21 points to trade at 91.04 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.98% or 0.750 points to end at 37.200 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 1.22% or 0.096 points to 7.770.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 83 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.30% to 29.720.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.76% or 9.30 to $1219.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.20 to trade at $60.76 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 67.1012, while EUR/RUB fell 0.26% to 75.7925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.285.