MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.34%. The best performers of the session on the MICEX were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 4.91% or 4.220 points to trade at 90.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 4.79% or 0.1870 points to end at 4.0920 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 4.21% or 1.485 points to 36.795 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which fell 2.26% or 0.725 points to trade at 31.400 at the close. Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) declined 1.68% or 15.5 points to end at 908.5 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 1.01% or 95.0 points to 9265.0. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 80 and 23 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.57% to 25.180. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.42% or 17.85 to $1271.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.00 a barrel. USD/RUB was down 0.26% to 57.0316, while EUR/RUB fell 0.10% to 60.672. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.
