Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.56% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 4.12% or 30 points to trade at 758 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) added 2.51% or 3.45 points to end at 141.15 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) was up 2.48% or 4.61 points to 190.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 2.51% or 0.345 points to trade at 13.400 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.26% or 15.20 points to end at 657.60 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) shed 1.78% or 2.90 points to 159.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 90 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.17% to 17.900 a new 3-year low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.02% or 13.80 to $1337.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.45% or 0.69 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $53.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.28% to 57.1941, while EUR/RUB fell 0.92% to 68.4266.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 91.83.