Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.51% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were MMK (MCX:MAGN), which rose 4.50% or 1.435 points to trade at 33.335 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 2.83% or 7.10 points to end at 258.30 and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) was up 2.46% or 8.15 points to 339.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 1.14% or 0.265 points to trade at 23.010 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.10% or 0.370 points to end at 33.250 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) shed 0.88% or 0.0006 points to 0.0674.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 108 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.16% to 26.000.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.15 to $1347.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.43% or 1.08 to hit $45.57 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.13 to trade at $48.10 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.08% to 64.0653, while EUR/RUB fell 0.84% to 71.675.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.55.