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 MOEX Russia Index gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which rose 4.46% or 249.00 points to trade at 5,833.00 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) added 3.72% or 6.88 points to end at 191.76 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 3.53% or 1.23 points to 35.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT), which lost 3.14% or 1.64 points to trade at 50.51 in late trade. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) declined 2.17% or 9.10 points to end at 410.30 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS) shed 2.15% or 3.90 points to 177.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 184 to 65 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.41% to 48.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.77% or 20.61 to $2,660.39 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.69% to 106.50, while EUR/RUB fell 1.31% to 111.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 106.38.