Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.21%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.21% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX: NVTK ), which rose 6.12% or 65.70 points to trade at 1139.80 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX: RUAL ) added 3.13% or 0.840 points to end at 27.640 and Rosseti ao (MCX: RSTI ) was up 3.11% or 0.0218 points to 0.7236 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX: AGRODR ), which lost 1.78% or 12 points to trade at 688 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX: HYDR ) declined 1.66% or 0.0104 points to end at 0.6153 and FSK EES (MCX: FEES ) shed 1.26% or 0.0021 points to 0.1648.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 73 and 29 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.63% to 27.150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.40 to $1203.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.79 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.84 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.95% to 67.4198, while EUR/RUB fell 1.01% to 78.6951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.16.

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