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 MOEX Russia rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.71% or 130.0 points to trade at 3630.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 3.70% or 27.50 points to end at 771.30 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 2.82% or 18.70 points to 682.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 4.60% or 5.14 points to trade at 106.70 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 4.30% or 75.0 points to end at 1667.5 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 1.92% or 0.0145 points to 0.7403.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 93 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.15% to 27.540.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 4.90 to $1244.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $52.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.19 to trade at $61.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.07% to 66.5584, while EUR/RUB rose 0.11% to 75.5500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.803.