Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 3.79% or 0.0091 points to trade at 0.2490 at the close. Meanwhile, NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 3.19% or 24.10 points to end at 779.00 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 1.92% or 16.90 points to 898.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which fell 2.21% or 2.200 points to trade at 97.500 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.11% or 30.00 points to end at 1395.00 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was down 2.00% or 70.0 points to 3430.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 113 to 102 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.11% to 23.580.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.10% or 1.25 to $1237.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.88% or 1.01 to hit $54.79 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 0.89 to trade at $57.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.45% to 57.7025, while EUR/RUB fell 0.90% to 60.870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 101.36.