Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.12% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which rose 3.45% or 0.0295 points to trade at 0.8845 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 2.43% or 0.0253 points to end at 1.0667 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 2.25% or 3.35 points to 152.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 1.69% or 170.0 points to trade at 9880.0 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) declined 1.62% or 11.00 points to end at 666.10 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was down 1.59% or 5.10 points to 315.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 132 to 87 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.73% to 15.160 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 10.10 to $1285.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $49.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.28 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.24% to 58.3250, while EUR/RUB rose 0.37% to 68.5300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.52.