Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which rose 4.69% or 66.00 points to trade at 1473.00 at the close. Meanwhile, MVideo (MCX:MVID) added 3.83% or 11.10 points to end at 301.00 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 3.69% or 24.70 points to 693.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 4.62% or 0.0069 points to trade at 0.1431 at the close. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 2.19% or 75.0 points to end at 3350.0 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was down 1.74% or 0.0124 points to 0.7016.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 99 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) rose to all time highs; up 4.69% or 66.00 to 1473.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.63% to 33.590.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.87% or 25.35 to $1331.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.38% or 1.96 to hit $46.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 4.58% or 2.12 to trade at $48.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.64% to 63.7866, while EUR/RUB fell 0.38% to 70.728.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 96.34.