Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 3.06% or 3.90 points to trade at 131.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 2.93% or 11.00 points to end at 386.50 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 2.21% or 0.1600 points to 7.3900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which fell 5.59% or 6.45 points to trade at 108.90 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 3.87% or 5.75 points to end at 142.80 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 3.04% or 1.040 points to 33.165.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.87% or 5.75 to 142.80. Shares in NMTP (MCX:NMTP) rose to all time highs; up 2.21% or 0.1600 to 7.3900.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.49% to 22.490.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.32% or 3.90 to $1231.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.76% or 1.32 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 1.29 to trade at $52.13 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.31% to 56.3519, while EUR/RUB fell 0.98% to 61.834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.