Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 6.25% or 335.00 points to trade at 5,694.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 5.15% or 2.54 points to end at 51.83 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) was up 3.98% or 1.77 points to 46.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL), which fell 0.73% or 96.50 points to trade at 13,176.50 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) declined 0.61% or 0.04 points to end at 6.14 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 0.52% or 6.20 points to 1,182.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 181 to 61 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.10% to 30.50.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 12.60 to $2,596.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.35% or 0.93 to hit $69.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 91.50, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 101.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 100.67.