Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.42% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 3.40% or 1.600 points to trade at 48.680 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.33% or 67.50 points to end at 2097.50 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was up 2.99% or 20 points to 689 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 3.81% or 28.5 points to trade at 720.5 in late trade. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 3.35% or 2.65 points to end at 76.55 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 1.71% or 0.0145 points to 0.8350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 73 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.45% to 28.690.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 5.80 to $1317.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.52 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 1.26 to trade at $75.05 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.05% to 62.9163, while EUR/RUB rose 0.53% to 76.0900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 91.52.