Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.54%

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 rose 0.54%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were ALROSA ao (MCX: ALRS ), which rose 3.85% or 3.700 points to trade at 99.700 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX: RNFT ) added 2.46% or 13.0 points to end at 541.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX: IRAO ) was up 2.15% or 0.0865 points to 4.1100 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX: CBOM ), which lost 1.59% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.940 in late trade. Unipro (MCX: UPRO ) declined 1.55% or 0.0420 points to end at 2.6600 and PIK (MCX: PIKK ) shed 1.32% or 4.60 points to 344.10.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 95 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.54% to 24.080.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1220.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.69 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.38% to 63.4963, while EUR/RUB fell 0.03% to 73.6075.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.99.