Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 1.21% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK), which rose 6.12% or 65.70 points to trade at 1139.80 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 3.13% or 0.840 points to end at 27.640 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.11% or 0.0218 points to 0.7236 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which fell 1.78% or 12 points to trade at 688 at the close. RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) declined 1.66% or 0.0104 points to end at 0.6153 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was down 1.26% or 0.0021 points to 0.1648.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 73 and 29 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.70% to 27.170.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.79 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.84 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.95% to 67.4151, while EUR/RUB fell 1.02% to 78.6878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.16.