Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.11% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 2.93% or 0.1125 points to trade at 3.9500 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.70% or 96.5 points to end at 3675.0 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 2.66% or 0.0282 points to 1.0899 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 3.69% or 25.40 points to trade at 663.40 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.85% or 144.0 points to end at 4905.0 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 1.76% or 3.08 points to 171.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.66% or 0.0282 to 1.0899.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.44% to 20.440.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 2.85 to $1274.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.05% or 0.69 to hit $66.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.29 to trade at $74.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.12% to 63.7327, while EUR/RUB fell 0.51% to 71.4616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 97.308.