Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.86% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 5.50% or 5.07 points to trade at 97.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank (MCX:SBER) added 4.46% or 5.98 points to end at 139.97 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 4.41% or 14.15 points to 335.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which fell 2.57% or 1.58 points to trade at 59.85 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 1.65% or 14.00 points to end at 834.00 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was down 1.58% or 1.39 points to 86.53.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 84 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.50% or 5.07 to 97.21. Shares in Sberbank (MCX:SBER) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.46% or 5.98 to 139.97.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.59% to 31.530 a new 3-months low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1246.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.74% or 0.37 to hit $50.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.55 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.87% to 64.6997, while EUR/RUB fell 0.74% to 73.432.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 93.90.