Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 3.90% or 0.0075 points to trade at 0.2008 at the close. Meanwhile, RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR) added 2.67% or 0.0241 points to end at 0.9264 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was up 2.41% or 9.35 points to 398.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 3.86% or 7.30 points to trade at 181.80 at the close. MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) declined 3.00% or 306.0 points to end at 9896.0 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was down 1.36% or 7.90 points to 571.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 108 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.40% to 24.660.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.15 to $1137.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.58% or 0.84 to hit $53.86 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.82 to trade at $56.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.50% to 60.6729, while EUR/RUB fell 0.47% to 63.447.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.