Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which rose 4.02% or 223.00 points to trade at 5,769.00 at the close. Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) added 3.55% or 3.42 points to end at 99.75 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 3.38% or 1.90 points to 58.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which lost 2.77% or 41.60 points to trade at 1,461.20 in late trade. Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) declined 1.66% or 1.45 points to end at 86.08 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 1.45% or 12.60 points to 859.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 165 to 79 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.66% to 27.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.04% or 1.00 to $2,398.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.51% or 0.40 to hit $78.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $82.29 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 87.84, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 95.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.02.