Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 5.33% or 1.505 points to trade at 29.750 at the close. Meanwhile, NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) added 4.97% or 22.85 points to end at 482.45 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.69% or 0.0250 points to 0.7020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 4.19% or 18.6 points to trade at 425.8 at the close. RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) declined 1.63% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.5425 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 1.58% or 0.750 points to 46.750.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 95 and 16 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.07% to 26.920.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1228.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.17% or 1.37 to hit $61.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 1.61 to trade at $71.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.17% to 66.0888, while EUR/RUB fell 0.04% to 75.4135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.10.