Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which rose 3.06% or 1.38 points to trade at 46.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 1.85% or 13.90 points to end at 767.00 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.72% or 9.30 points to 550.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.53% or 19.8 points to trade at 540.6 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 1.83% or 30.0 points to end at 1605.0 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 1.65% or 0.765 points to 45.565.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 110 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.12% to 22.050.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.36% or 4.65 to $1306.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $59.26 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $67.50 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 64.3926, while EUR/RUB rose 0.14% to 73.0875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 95.820.