Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG), which rose 3.51% or 0.0985 points to trade at 2.9080 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) added 3.50% or 4.85 points to end at 143.45 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.08% or 0.0286 points to 0.9580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which lost 2.71% or 1.95 points to trade at 70.04 in late trade. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 1.90% or 1.520 points to end at 78.300 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 1.43% or 5.45 points to 375.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 96 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.25% to 19.760.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.21 to $1294.81 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 0.95 to trade at $51.77 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.10% to 59.0618, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 69.7450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 93.05.