Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 3.67% or 1.80 points to trade at 50.85 at the close. Surgut (MCX:SNGS) added 3.16% or 1.025 points to end at 33.505 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 3.05% or 6.10 points to 206.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 2.01% or 19.00 points to trade at 927.00 in late trade. Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) declined 1.89% or 20.0 points to end at 1040.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 1.78% or 1.110 points to 61.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 87 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.60% to 36.290.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.50 to $1180.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.33% or 0.20 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.48 to trade at $63.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.57% to 53.694, while EUR/RUB fell 2.04% to 60.304.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.38.