Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 3.96%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which rose 9.14% or 48.0 points to trade at 573.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 8.30% or 8.45 points to end at 110.30 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 7.73% or 280.0 points to 3900.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 4.57% or 22.00 points to trade at 459.00 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.65% or 10.60 points to end at 389.80 and Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) was down 1.70% or 1.55 points to 89.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 158 to 74 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) fell to all time lows; down 4.57% or 22.00 to 459.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.91% to 43.120 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 3.00 to $1343.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.83 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.93% or 2.01 to trade at $70.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 3.86% to 62.9911, while EUR/RUB rose 4.01% to 77.7028.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.