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 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:), which rose 3.01% or 1.67 points to trade at 57.27 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:) added 2.92% or 3.10 points to end at 108.60 and VK Company Ltd (MCX:) was up 2.37% or 8.20 points to 354.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:), which fell 0.66% or 8.20 points to trade at 1,235.60 at the close. Severstal PJSC (MCX:) declined 0.48% or 6.00 points to end at 1,242.40 and TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin Pref (MCX:) was down 0.33% or 2.00 points to 607.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 176 to 69 and 9 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.61% to 29.56.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 13.70 to $2,679.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.78% or 2.79 to hit $71.04 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $74.73 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 96.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 105.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.01.
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