Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which rose 9.18% or 6.98 points to trade at 82.98 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 5.96% or 0.0038 points to end at 0.0667 and LSR (MCX:LSRG) was up 4.77% or 32.0 points to 703.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST), which fell 3.66% or 35.0 points to trade at 920.0 at the close. Mostotrest (MCX:MSTT) declined 2.80% or 2.20 points to end at 76.50 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was down 2.76% or 51.0 points to 1800.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 94 to 91 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in LSR (MCX:LSRG) rose to all time highs; rising 4.77% or 32.0 to 703.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 6.26% to 42.400.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.23% or 2.70 to $1190.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.59 to trade at $55.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.57% to 57.840, while EUR/RUB fell 1.86% to 63.143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 97.46.