Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 5.39% or 0.1355 points to trade at 2.6500 at the close. Meanwhile, Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 4.31% or 36 points to end at 872 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 3.45% or 4.94 points to 148.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 2.63% or 285.0 points to trade at 10534.0 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.43% or 0.0595 points to end at 4.0905 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.04% or 2.70 points to 255.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 73 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.39% or 0.1355 to 2.6500.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.36% to 23.030.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.22% or 2.60 to $1187.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.00% or 0.52 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 0.71 to trade at $54.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.08% to 60.1278, while EUR/RUB fell 0.00% to 63.577.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 101.91.