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 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:), which rose 5.54% or 204.00 points to trade at 3,887.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus PAO (MCX:) added 4.85% or 580.50 points to end at 12,539.50 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:) was up 4.49% or 5.35 points to 124.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:), which fell 15.14% or 39.45 points to trade at 221.15 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:) declined 1.21% or 0.27 points to end at 21.88 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) was down 0.82% or 0.06 points to 6.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 147 to 95 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 15.14% or 39.45 to 221.15. Shares in Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.82% or 0.06 to 6.65.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.15% to 33.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.84% or 44.70 to $2,473.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.34% or 1.08 to hit $79.76 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $83.87 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.05% to 88.44, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 96.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.93.
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