Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.84%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.84% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP ), which rose 7.18% or 9.36 points to trade at 139.71 at the close. Meanwhile, GMK Norilskiy Nikel PAO (MCX:GMKN ) added 4.42% or 4.90 points to end at 115.20 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK ) was up 3.95% or 39.60 points to 1,041.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT ), which fell 1.42% or 0.78 points to trade at 54.22 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK ) declined 1.39% or 2.08 points to end at 147.96 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR ) was down 1.18% or 61.00 points to 5,130.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 121 and 9 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.64% to 28.13 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.12% or 29.60 to $2,682.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.66% or 1.17 to hit $71.54 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $74.46 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 92.77, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 103.73.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 100.04.

Source: Investing.com