Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR), which rose 4.23% or 14 points to trade at 345 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 3.49% or 364.0 points to end at 10787.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.76% or 10.60 points to 394.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which fell 8.23% or 8.30 points to trade at 92.55 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 3.15% or 21.70 points to end at 668.00 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 2.49% or 16 points to 626.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 111 to 107 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; rising 2.76% or 10.60 to 394.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.72% to 17.850.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 7.00 to $1239.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.09 to trade at $63.60 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.44% to 59.2590, while EUR/RUB fell 0.06% to 69.4690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.17.