Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.77% or 153.0 points to trade at 4208.0 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.50% or 0.2100 points to end at 6.2050 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.97% or 1.360 points to 47.215 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 4.59% or 29.6 points to trade at 615.0 in late trade. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 0.89% or 0.65 points to end at 72.60 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 0.74% or 3.00 points to 399.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.61% to 26.470.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 11.70 to $1195.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.24 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.50 to trade at $72.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.15% to 67.1464, while EUR/RUB rose 0.38% to 76.9471.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.85.