Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 6.47% or 7.92 points to trade at 130.32 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 4.18% or 2.21 points to end at 55.04 and Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) was up 3.50% or 117.50 points to 3,478.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 1.94% or 12.80 points to trade at 647.60 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.04% or 0.58 points to end at 55.05 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) shed 0.76% or 45.00 points to 5,874.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 214 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.42% to 28.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.26% or 7.00 to $2,653.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $73.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.47, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 101.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 100.65.