Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 3.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 9.14% or 48.0 points to trade at 573.0 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 8.30% or 8.45 points to end at 110.30 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 7.73% or 280.0 points to 3900.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 4.57% or 22.00 points to trade at 459.00 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.65% or 10.60 points to end at 389.80 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) shed 1.70% or 1.55 points to 89.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 158 to 74 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.91% to 43.120 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 3.00 to $1343.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.83 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.90% or 1.99 to trade at $70.64 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 3.86% to 62.9917, while EUR/RUB rose 4.01% to 77.7050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.