Investing.com – Russian stocks were higher after Monday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Moscow, the price rose 3.02%.
The best performers of the session on the were AFK Sistema (MCX:), which rose 7.29% or 1.18 points to trade at 17.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:) added 6.89% or 217.00 points to end at 3,367.00 and VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:) rose 5.85% or 20.40 points to 369.40 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:), which fell 1.04% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.31 at the close. HeadHunter group PLC (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Groep NV (MCX:) recorded 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 223 to 21, with 11 ending unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, rose 4.52% to 36.53.
December gold futures rose 0.44%, or 11.00, to $2,535.60 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for October delivery rose 1.67% or 1.13 to $68.80 per barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to $72.00 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB fell 0.05% to 90.54, while EUR/RUB fell 0.03% to 99.93.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.46% to 101.61.
