Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR), which unchanged 4.25% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.02 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:FEES) unchanged 2.84% or 0.00 points to end at 0.11 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.69% or 5.93 points to 226.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which fell 1.32% or 0.10 points to trade at 7.64 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 0.84% or 0.53 points to end at 62.79 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) was down 0.33% or 0.31 points to 93.14.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 64 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 4.25% or 0.00 to 0.02. Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) fell to 52-week highs; down 0.84% or 0.53 to 62.79.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 25.74 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.55% or 12.80 to $2,331.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.04% or 0.85 to hit $80.78 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $84.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.85% to 87.49, while EUR/RUB fell 0.85% to 93.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 105.28.