Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which rose 5.26% or 4.75 points to trade at 95.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 3.66% or 26.5 points to end at 751.5 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 3.65% or 22.10 points to 627.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 3.43% or 28.0 points to trade at 789.5 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.33% or 14.0 points to end at 586.5 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 2.02% or 104.0 points to 5050.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 112 to 98 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.02% to 21.780.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.57% or 7.50 to $1328.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $60.74 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.25 to trade at $64.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 56.9095, while EUR/RUB rose 0.58% to 70.5892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.58.