Russia shares higher at close of trade; MICEX up 0.49%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power , Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.49%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ), which rose 7.09% or 10.40 points to trade at 157.00 at the close. MosEnrg (MCX: MSNG ) added 4.01% or 0.0910 points to end at 2.3615 and MMK (MCX: MAGN ) was up 3.56% or 1.105 points to 32.110 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Megion (MCX: MFGS ), which lost 6.90% or 40.0 points to trade at 540.0 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX: POLY ) declined 3.46% or 27.00 points to end at 753.50 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX: TRNF_p ) shed 1.90% or 3250 points to 167600.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 61 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.63% to 24.080.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 6.84 to $1254.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.93 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.39% to 56.4092, while EUR/RUB fell 0.78% to 63.141.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.18.