Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.00% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 2.90% or 11.20 points to trade at 398.00 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 2.13% or 13.00 points to end at 622.00 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) was up 1.97% or 2.95 points to 153.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which lost 1.85% or 1.400 points to trade at 74.400 in late trade. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 1.83% or 24.0 points to end at 1286.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 1.83% or 14 points to 751.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 101 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.43% to 24.130.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.65 to $1213.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.14% or 1.92 to hit $48.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.37% or 2.05 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.13% to 63.9647, while EUR/RUB fell 1.74% to 67.841.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 101.11.