Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.40% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 2.96% or 13.2 points to trade at 459.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 2.49% or 0.0250 points to end at 1.0300 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 2.45% or 5.70 points to 238.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lukoil (MCX:LKOH), which fell 1.54% or 90.0 points to trade at 5736.0 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 1.36% or 1.34 points to end at 97.24 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was down 1.21% or 5.8 points to 472.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 111 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.45% or 5.70 to 238.00. Shares in Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) fell to all time lows; falling 1.21% or 5.8 to 472.2.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.20% to 19.680 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.56% or 7.25 to $1309.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.64% or 0.41 to hit $63.99 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.41 to trade at $70.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 64.8884, while EUR/RUB rose 0.12% to 73.1600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.567.