Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 2.72% or 1.92 points to trade at 72.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 2.58% or 2.00 points to end at 79.50 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.37% or 1.270 points to 54.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR), which fell 5.05% or 13.50 points to trade at 254.00 at the close. Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) declined 2.70% or 30.0 points to end at 1080.0 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 2.47% or 0.495 points to 19.545.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 115 to 85 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.71% to 37.910.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.20 to $1130.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.21% or 0.98 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.14% or 1.01 to trade at $48.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.82% to 65.581, while EUR/RUB fell 0.95% to 73.876.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.00.