Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 3.60% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) added 3.33% or 477.00 points to end at 14,800.00 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 3.05% or 0.24 points to 8.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN), which fell 0.83% or 0.90 points to trade at 106.90 at the close. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK) declined 0.48% or 4.00 points to end at 829.20 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) was down 0.30% or 17.00 points to 5,602.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 193 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.69% to 46.70.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.86% or 22.89 to $2,682.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.35% or 0.91 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.78 to trade at $71.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.00% to 100.00, while EUR/RUB rose 0.97% to 105.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 105.85.