Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 7.93% or 337.0 points to trade at 4588.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.47% or 0.2850 points to end at 8.5100 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 3.13% or 12.60 points to 414.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 1.94% or 2.85 points to trade at 143.85 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 1.69% or 0.210 points to end at 12.190 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 1.47% or 9.30 points to 621.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 95 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.21% to 20.940.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.72% or 23.30 to $1332.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.10% or 0.68 to hit $62.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $65.61 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.02% to 56.4845, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 69.7187.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.57.