Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 3.12% or 5.00 points to trade at 165.20 at the close. Meanwhile, PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) added 2.47% or 61.0 points to end at 2531.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.24% or 11.30 points to 516.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 5.35% or 33.70 points to trade at 596.50 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.04% or 48.0 points to end at 1532.0 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was down 2.18% or 13.4 points to 601.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 107 to 93 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) fell to all time lows; losing 3.04% or 48.0 to 1532.0. Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; up 2.24% or 11.30 to 516.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.54% to 26.320.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 1.90 to $1214.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.51 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.27 to trade at $76.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.48% to 67.8466, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 79.4558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.50.