Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 4.35% or 0.700 points to trade at 16.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 4.31% or 3.76 points to end at 91.00 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 2.78% or 1.93 points to 71.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 2.04% or 1.09 points to trade at 52.30 at the close. Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) declined 1.83% or 3.60 points to end at 192.80 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 1.69% or 0.0205 points to 1.1955.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 104 to 101 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.78% or 1.93 to 71.30.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.44% to 36.330.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.40 to $1084.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.60% or 0.65 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.17 to trade at $44.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.51% to 65.868, while EUR/RUB fell 2.04% to 70.480.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 99.39.