Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE), which rose 5.91% or 171.0 points to trade at 3066.0 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 4.29% or 1.265 points to end at 30.760 and MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) was up 2.04% or 193.0 points to 9637.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which lost 3.41% or 1.65 points to trade at 46.80 in late trade. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 2.36% or 18.70 points to end at 774.50 and E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO) shed 1.97% or 0.0590 points to 2.9410.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 115 and 30 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.03% to 27.130.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1358.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.82% or 1.59 to hit $40.01 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.56% or 1.55 to trade at $41.98 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.98% to 66.6880, while EUR/RUB rose 1.05% to 74.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.64.