Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining , Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ), which rose 7.60% or 19.40 points to trade at 274.70 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ) added 6.62% or 29.80 points to end at 479.80 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX: MAGN ) was up 6.04% or 2.02 points to 35.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX: TRNF_p ), which fell 0.53% or 7.00 points to trade at 1,309.00 at the close. TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX: TATN ) declined 0.44% or 3.10 points to end at 703.50 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX: MTSS ) was down 0.23% or 0.50 points to 216.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 183 to 59 and 12 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.53% to 52.64.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 33.30 to $3,392.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.81% or 1.13 to hit $63.54 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 1.13 to trade at $67.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 81.60, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.71% at 98.75.