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 MOEX Russia Index rose 1.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO), which rose 6.16% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF) added 5.19% or 62.80 points to end at 1,272.60 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK) was up 3.38% or 4.42 points to 135.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which lost 3.31% or 488.00 points to trade at 14,258.00 in late trade. LUKOIL PJSC (MCX:LKOH) declined 2.08% or 149.00 points to end at 7,023.00 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) shed 1.53% or 85.00 points to 5,475.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 205 to 45 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 0.41% to 36.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.44% or 65.65 to $2,629.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.15% or 2.22 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.61% or 1.93 to trade at $71.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.08% to 96.00, while EUR/RUB fell 2.56% to 102.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 105.40.