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 rose 0.57% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 14.73% or 3.440 points to trade at 26.800 at the close. MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 4.00% or 10.65 points to end at 276.65 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 3.77% or 3.20 points to 88.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 2.45% or 19.0 points to trade at 756.0 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.78% or 39.00 points to end at 2148.00 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 1.63% or 0.0430 points to 2.5980.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 83 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.63% to 26.620.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.53% or 6.40 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.20 to trade at $77.89 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 68.0126, while EUR/RUB rose 0.47% to 79.5125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.06.