Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 2.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 5.00% or 25.40 points to trade at 533.50 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 4.36% or 31.10 points to end at 743.80 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 4.14% or 202.5 points to 5098.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 2.77% or 11.60 points to trade at 406.60 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.73% or 132.0 points to end at 4695.5 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 2.66% or 15.6 points to 570.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 77 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.32% to 27.360.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.11% or 13.60 to $1239.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.85% or 1.45 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 1.48 to trade at $60.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.41% to 66.6763, while EUR/RUB fell 0.09% to 75.6760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.865.