Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.68% or 20.5 points to trade at 577.5 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.98% or 1.000 points to end at 34.540 and RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) was up 2.91% or 0.0212 points to 0.7500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which fell 2.33% or 10.10 points to trade at 424.00 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 1.91% or 3.00 points to end at 154.25 and Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) was down 1.43% or 63.0 points to 4330.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 71 and 24 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.05% to 22.550.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.80% or 10.90 to $1344.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $69.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.32% to 57.3500, while EUR/RUB rose 0.04% to 71.1800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.