Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.14% or 1.99 points to trade at 65.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 1.61% or 39.40 points to end at 2480.40 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 1.48% or 1.36 points to 93.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 2.62% or 0.0049 points to trade at 0.1808 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.02% or 0.0244 points to end at 1.1826 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was down 1.78% or 12.00 points to 663.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 103 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.05% to 20.420.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 9.00 to $1429.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.67% or 0.38 to hit $57.25 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.52 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.22% to 63.5728, while EUR/RUB rose 0.26% to 70.9000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.833.