Investing.com – Russian stocks were higher after Monday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the price rose 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the were FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:), which rose 4.96% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.54 at the close. Meanwhile, AK ALROSA PJSC (MCX:) added 4.30% or 2.28 points to end at 55.28 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:) rose 4.08% or 5.54 points to 141.32 in the late trading.
The worst performers of the session were DDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:), which fell 1.27% or 16.00 points to trade at 1,243.80 at the close. TATNEFT after VD Shashin (MCX:) fell 0.60% or 3.70 points to end at 610.60 and TATNEFT after VD Shashin Pref (MCX:) fell 0.36% or 2.20 points to 609.00 .
Rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 169 to 73, with 13 ending unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, fell 2.99% to 30.19.
December gold futures fell 0.40%, or 10.60, to $2,665.70 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for November delivery fell 4.90% or 3.70 to $71.86 per barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.39 to $74.93 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% at 95.60, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 104.28.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.30% to 102.98.
