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 gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the were Polyus PJSC (MCX:), which rose 5.47% or 819.00 points to trade at 15,790.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:) added 5.11% or 32.10 points to end at 660.80 and Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:) was up 4.14% or 1.08 points to 27.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:), which fell 1.28% or 4.40 points to trade at 338.20 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:) declined 0.72% or 1.08 points to end at 149.42 and Severstal PJSC (MCX:) was down 0.42% or 5.40 points to 1,290.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 152 to 93 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polyus PJSC (MCX:) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.47% or 819.00 to 15,790.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.95% to 36.20.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 6.91 to $2,755.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.80% or 1.39 to hit $76.00 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.68 to trade at $79.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.47% to 99.50, while EUR/RUB fell 1.45% to 103.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.29% at 107.79.
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