Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 0.94%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.94%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT), which rose 3.88% or 2.09 points to trade at 56.01 at the close. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) added 3.79% or 3.60 points to end at 99.70 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK) was up 3.46% or 4.06 points to 121.28 in late trade.

Biggest losers included GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 2.21% or 26.40 points to trade at 1,169.40 in late trade. Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS) declined 1.27% or 2.40 points to end at 186.50 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) shed 0.72% or 4.10 points to 569.10.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 194 to 54 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.40% to 40.20 a new 52-week high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.14% or 31.40 to $2,787.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $67.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 97.50, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 105.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.13.