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 MOEX Russia added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 4.80% or 0.425 points to trade at 9.285 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 4.76% or 34.0 points to end at 748.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 2.30% or 0.770 points to 34.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 6.09% or 145.50 points to trade at 2242.50 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 3.21% or 12.60 points to end at 379.50 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 2.03% or 0.0570 points to 2.7540.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.30% or 0.770 to 34.270.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.21% to 23.880.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.15% or 1.80 to $1221.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.98% or 1.36 to hit $70.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.82 to trade at $75.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.92% to 62.2175, while EUR/RUB fell 0.39% to 72.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.09.