Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 3.09% or 127.0 points to trade at 4235.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY) added 3.00% or 2.55 points to end at 87.65 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was up 2.61% or 16.50 points to 648.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 1.79% or 10.2 points to trade at 558.4 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 1.39% or 0.655 points to end at 46.560 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was down 1.11% or 0.400 points to 35.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 88 and 22 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.79% to 26.400.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.10 to $1196.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.05% or 0.69 to hit $66.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.48 to trade at $72.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.45% to 67.4081, while EUR/RUB rose 0.88% to 77.7425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.38.