Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 4.90% or 487.0 points to trade at 10427.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) added 4.33% or 25.5 points to end at 615.0 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 4.23% or 12.05 points to 296.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA), which fell 2.48% or 4.40 points to trade at 172.95 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 0.97% or 9.30 points to end at 954.00 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 0.93% or 5.50 points to 587.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 142 to 74 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.89% to 47.710.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1089.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.22% or 0.37 to hit $30.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 0.65 to trade at $29.20 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.77% to 78.520, while EUR/RUB fell 0.51% to 85.595.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 99.02.