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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.51% to hit a new 6-months high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which rose 5.05% or 0.51 points to trade at 10.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ) added 4.29% or 803.00 points to end at 19,520.00 and VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ) was up 3.82% or 13.00 points to 353.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Federal Hydro Generating Company RusHydro PJSC (MCX: HYDR ), which fell 3.07% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.57 at the close. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX: GMKN ) declined 2.64% or 3.90 points to end at 143.10 and Bank VTB PJSC (MCX: VTBR ) was down 2.59% or 2.49 points to 93.73.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 143 to 105 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.05% or 0.51 to 10.57. Shares in Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.29% or 803.00 to 19,520.00.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.28% to 41.73.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.12% or 33.31 to $2,929.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.21% or 1.56 to hit $69.14 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.19% or 1.63 to trade at $72.68 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.31% to 86.60, while EUR/RUB fell 0.83% to 91.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 106.18.