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 added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the were Surgut-pref (MCX:), which rose 5.63% or 2.67 points to trade at 50.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Rostelekom PAO (MCX:) added 5.33% or 4.40 points to end at 86.97 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:) was up 3.59% or 21.55 points to 622.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:), which fell 0.87% or 1.98 points to trade at 226.45 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:) declined 0.75% or 3.20 points to end at 424.20 and Yandex NV (MCX:) was down 0.29% or 11.50 points to 3,911.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 227 to 21 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.75% or 3.20 to 424.20.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.18% to 33.66 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.80 to $2,504.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.75% or 1.40 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $81.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 90.49, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 99.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 102.43.
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