Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 3.67% or 1.80 points to trade at 50.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut (MCX:SNGS) added 3.16% or 1.025 points to end at 33.505 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 3.05% or 6.10 points to 206.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 2.01% or 19.00 points to trade at 927.00 at the close. Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) declined 1.89% or 20.0 points to end at 1040.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 1.78% or 1.110 points to 61.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 87 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.55% to 36.310.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.50 to $1180.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.21 to hit $60.21 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.48 to trade at $63.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.57% to 53.694, while EUR/RUB fell 2.04% to 60.304.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.37.