Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.17%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 1.17% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 3.31% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Meanwhile, United Company Rusal IPJSC (MCX:RUAL) added 1.97% or 0.51 points to end at 26.20 and Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR) was up 1.64% or 0.93 points to 57.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which fell 3.28% or 190.00 points to trade at 5,600.00 at the close. Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF) declined 0.38% or 2.80 points to end at 730.80 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) was down 0.21% or 0.05 points to 23.29.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 154 to 87 and 13 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 1.60% to 28.66.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $4,142.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.36 to hit $98.18 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $109.09 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 82.46, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.65.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.52.