Russian equities ended higher on Tuesday, with the MOEX Russia Index climbing 2.7% as gains in the oil and gas, power and mining sectors offset declines in metals and utilities.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by 177 to 67 on the Moscow exchange, with 11 stocks unchanged. The Russian Volatility Index, which tracks implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, fell 2.41% to 46.08.
Among the top gainers, Unipro PJSC rose 5.62% to 0.98, TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin added 3.31% to 528.20 and PIK SHb PJSC climbed 3.30% to 584.70. The worst performers included Novolipetsk Steel, which fell 2.36% to 66.20, Polyus PJSC, down 1.54% to 1,109.40, and ROSSETI PJSC, which declined 1.36% to 0.05.
Commodity markets showed mixed performance, with December gold futures up 0.39% at $4,715.90 per troy ounce. October crude oil futures dropped 4.59% to $81.11 per barrel, while the November Brent contract rose 0.37% to $86.07 per barrel.
The Russian ruble held steady against major currencies, with USD/RUB and EUR/RUB both unchanged at 83.70 and 97.72, respectively.
