Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 0.94%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power , Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.94%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT ), which rose 3.88% or 2.09 points to trade at 56.01 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN ) added 3.79% or 3.60 points to end at 99.70 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK ) was up 3.46% or 4.06 points to 121.28 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR ), which fell 2.21% or 26.40 points to trade at 1,169.40 at the close. Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS ) declined 1.27% or 2.40 points to end at 186.50 and PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK ) was down 0.72% or 4.10 points to 569.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 194 to 54 and 8 ended unchanged.

Shares in PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK ) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.72% or 4.10 to 569.10.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.40% to 40.20 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.14% or 31.40 to $2,787.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $67.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 97.49, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 105.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.13.

Source: Investing.com