Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MICEX up 0.46%

Russia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which rose 4.15% or 1.800 points to trade at 45.200 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.97% or 2.230 points to end at 58.340 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 3.00% or 16.50 points to 567.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which fell 4.99% or 31.50 points to trade at 599.50 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.81% or 300.0 points to end at 10367.0 and DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) was down 2.46% or 7.20 points to 286.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 127 to 106 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.46% or 7.20 to 286.00.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.86% to 44.040 a new 3-months high.

Gold for February delivery was down 0.95% or 10.40 to $1085.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.17% or 1.31 to hit $30.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.98% or 1.27 to trade at $30.61 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.69% to 76.552, while EUR/RUB rose 1.44% to 83.690.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 99.18.

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