Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 2.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 25.52% or 15.34 points to trade at 75.45 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 12.24% or 0.1140 points to end at 1.0450 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) was up 7.29% or 620.0 points to 9130.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE), which lost 3.02% or 57.0 points to trade at 1833.0 in late trade. Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) declined 2.04% or 20.0 points to end at 960.0 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) shed 0.88% or 1.70 points to 192.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 69 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.83% to 42.900.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.32% or 15.90 to $1184.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.00% or 0.49 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.84 to trade at $55.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 57.728, while EUR/RUB fell 1.04% to 62.423.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 98.25.