Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.36% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 2.76% or 290.0 points to trade at 10780.0 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 2.47% or 3.95 points to end at 163.95 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was up 2.47% or 3.29 points to 136.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 4.76% or 15.50 points to trade at 309.80 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.40% or 26.00 points to end at 1832.00 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) shed 1.21% or 0.82 points to 66.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 86 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.58% to 15.720.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.40 to $1306.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.84% or 0.43 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.61 to trade at $57.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.28% to 57.3332, while EUR/RUB rose 0.16% to 67.7198.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.99.