Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 7.59% or 40.90 points to trade at 579.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) added 6.08% or 5.68 points to end at 99.08 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) was up 4.10% or 178.00 points to 4,516.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 2.07% or 15.80 points to trade at 747.20 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) declined 0.79% or 5.10 points to end at 641.60 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 0.77% or 1.82 points to 233.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 204 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.08.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.26% or 30.50 to $2,456.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.70% or 0.53 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $78.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 85.73, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.24.