Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:), which rose 7.59% or 40.90 points to trade at 579.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank VTB PAO (MCX:) added 6.08% or 5.68 points to end at 99.08 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:) was up 4.10% or 178.00 points to 4,516.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 2.07% or 15.80 points to trade at 747.20 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:) declined 0.79% or 5.10 points to end at 641.60 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:) was down 0.77% or 1.82 points to 233.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 204 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.08.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.26% or 30.50 to $2,456.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.70% or 0.53 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $78.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 85.73, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.24.
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