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 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the were MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:), which rose 3.37% or 3.40 points to trade at 104.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:) added 3.20% or 3.90 points to end at 125.70 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:) was up 2.85% or 0.17 points to 6.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:), which fell 1.21% or 0.68 points to trade at 55.31 at the close. IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:) declined 1.06% or 39.00 points to end at 3,644.50 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) was down 0.88% or 0.32 points to 35.58.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 151 to 88 and 17 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.40% to 39.90.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.95 to $2,753.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.70 to hit $72.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.58 to trade at $75.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.21% to 97.80, while EUR/RUB fell 0.78% to 106.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.36.
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