Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which rose 6.77% or 46.50 points to trade at 733.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 4.30% or 0.0420 points to end at 1.0180 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 3.21% or 2.54 points to 81.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which fell 2.33% or 2.39 points to trade at 100.16 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 2.05% or 18.20 points to end at 868.20 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was down 2.02% or 0.580 points to 28.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 106 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.30% or 0.0420 to 1.0180. Shares in Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.02% or 0.580 to 28.150.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.12% to 24.510.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.19% or 15.15 to $1288.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.70% or 0.33 to hit $46.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.46 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.16% to 63.2785, while EUR/RUB rose 0.63% to 69.964.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.