Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 4.31% or 435.0 points to trade at 10535.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 4.28% or 28.00 points to end at 682.50 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was up 3.58% or 42.50 points to 1228.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which fell 2.45% or 20.10 points to trade at 800.00 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.09% or 3000 points to end at 140600 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 1.59% or 0.0143 points to 0.8825.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 99 and 25 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.40% to 24.890.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.25 to $1263.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $51.42 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.32% to 62.9103, while EUR/RUB fell 0.41% to 69.154.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.78.