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 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:), which rose 4.02% or 17.60 points to trade at 455.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) added 1.94% or 0.13 points to end at 6.83 and ALROSA ao (MCX:) was up 1.71% or 1.01 points to 60.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:), which fell 3.18% or 125.00 points to trade at 3,802.00 at the close. PhosAgro ao (MCX:) declined 1.14% or 63.00 points to end at 5,442.00 and Aeroflot (MCX:) was down 0.48% or 0.25 points to 52.13.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 171 to 69 and 14 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.97% to 31.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 12.30 to $2,432.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $72.96 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $76.22 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.01% to 85.67, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 102.69.
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