Russia shares higher at close of trade; MICEX up 0.10%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.10% to hit a new 6-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MegaFon OAO (MCX: MFON ), which rose 2.87% or 16.90 points to trade at 605.00 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX: NLMK ) added 2.66% or 3.42 points to end at 132.15 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX: CBOM ) was up 2.07% or 0.092 points to 4.536 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yevroplan PAO (MCX: EPLN ), which lost 5.31% or 38.0 points to trade at 677.0 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ) declined 2.82% or 4.45 points to end at 153.35 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX: RUAL ) shed 2.41% or 1.040 points to 42.030.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 106 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.82% to 16.960 a new all time low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 8.32 to $1303.18 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.68 to trade at $57.75 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.77% to 58.0145, while EUR/RUB rose 0.27% to 68.4010.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 92.90.