Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which rose 4.32% or 1.200 points to trade at 28.995 at the close. Surgut (MCX:SNGS) added 3.76% or 0.935 points to end at 25.785 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 3.53% or 4.45 points to 130.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which lost 2.13% or 4.30 points to trade at 197.80 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 1.73% or 1.85 points to end at 105.05 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) shed 1.58% or 8.70 points to 541.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 91 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.04% to 26.900.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1245.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.68% or 1.19 to hit $43.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.37% or 1.11 to trade at $45.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 2.02% to 59.6344, while EUR/RUB rose 2.09% to 66.4110.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.46.