Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.58% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 4.34% or 34.00 points to trade at 818.10 at the close. Meanwhile, NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) added 2.90% or 12.95 points to end at 460.00 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.57% or 13.70 points to 547.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 7.00% or 35.0 points to trade at 465.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 3.05% or 22.0 points to end at 699.0 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was down 2.27% or 0.205 points to 8.845.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) rose to all time highs; rising 4.34% or 34.00 to 818.10. Shares in NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) fell to all time lows; falling 7.00% or 35.0 to 465.0. Shares in NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.90% or 12.95 to 460.00. Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; up 2.57% or 13.70 to 547.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.08% to 26.470.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 1.90 to $1206.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $72.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.64 to trade at $81.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 65.8440, while EUR/RUB rose 0.16% to 77.4900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.69.