MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. The Russian stock indices continued to grow on Tuesday.

By the end of trading session on the Moscow Exchange, the MOEX index grew by 0.45% up to 2,306.62 points, the RTS index rose by 1.18%, up to 1212.1 points.

However, optimism of buyers noticeably weakened in the second half of the session after a decline in oil prices.

"A barrel of Brent fell below $100 in the light of deteriorating sentiment in foreign markets and the strengthening of the dollar against other currencies. The index of the American currency DXY reached its highest levels in 20 years," said Alexander Bakhtin, an investment strategist at BCS World of Investments.

The dollar-to-ruble rate fell by 0.46% to 59.94 rubles, the euro rate dropped by 0.42%, to 60 rubles.

On Tuesday, among the growth leaders on the Russian market were shares of Gazprom (+6.62%) on the eve of the shutdown of the Nord Stream gas pipeline for a three-day scheduled repair and the expected new round of gas price growth. The shares of the En+ group went up by 4.4%.

Shares of Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant rose +5.1% without significant news, while the company published a statement that the board of directors is considering the company's consolidated financial statements at a meeting, said Natalia Milchakova, a leading analyst at Freedom Finance Global.

The leaders of the decline were depositary receipts of the EMC group (-5.5%) after the publication of weak financial results for the first half of 2022, the depositary receipts of the Headhunter.ru group (-4.2%) and shares of Acron (-2.74%) which fell without any particular news.

According to BCS World of Investments, on August 31, the MOEX index will be in the range of 2,200-2,320 points, the forecast range for the dollar rate is 59.5-61 rubles.

Freedom Finance Global expects the MOEX index to be in the range of 2,250-2,400 points. The dollar and euro rates are expected in the range of 60-62 rubles.