Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 4.11% or 10.00 points to trade at 253.40 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 3.64% or 5500 points to end at 156500 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 3.55% or 2.09 points to 61.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR), which fell 6.32% or 0.2100 points to trade at 3.1120 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.64% or 0.0310 points to end at 1.1435 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 2.23% or 1.70 points to 74.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 107 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in MVideo (MCX:MVID) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.11% or 10.00 to 253.40. Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.55% or 2.09 to 61.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.19% to 37.340.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1064.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.22% or 0.09 to hit $41.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.21 to trade at $44.40 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.29% to 66.605, while EUR/RUB rose 0.72% to 70.631.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 99.96.