Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 5.33% or 1.505 points to trade at 29.750 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) added 4.97% or 22.85 points to end at 482.45 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.69% or 0.0250 points to 0.7020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 4.19% or 18.6 points to trade at 425.8 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 1.63% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.5425 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 1.58% or 0.750 points to 46.750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 95 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.10% to 26.910.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1228.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.12% or 1.34 to hit $61.76 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.59 to trade at $71.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.17% to 66.0887, while EUR/RUB fell 0.04% to 75.4125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.10.