Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 2.22%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 13.99% or 82.5 points to trade at 672.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 8.04% or 15.44 points to end at 207.50 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 6.85% or 1.360 points to 21.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which fell 3.87% or 17.40 points to trade at 432.60 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 1.85% or 5.80 points to end at 307.40 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was down 1.22% or 1.10 points to 88.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 71 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.81% to 32.660.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 2.90 to $1347.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.68% to 61.5638, while EUR/RUB rose 0.41% to 76.0325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.