Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which rose 3.62% or 7.30 points to trade at 208.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) added 3.59% or 62.0 points to end at 1790.0 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was up 3.49% or 6.25 points to 185.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 1.68% or 1.03 points to trade at 60.41 at the close. RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) declined 1.48% or 4.00 points to end at 267.00 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 1.39% or 0.70 points to 49.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 82 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in PIK (MCX:PIKK) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.62% or 7.30 to 208.80.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.35% to 35.190 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.83% or 9.40 to $1147.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.19% or 1.94 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.70% or 2.31 to trade at $51.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.82% to 63.658, while EUR/RUB fell 0.58% to 71.691.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.66% at 95.59.