Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.13% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.30% or 3.45 points to trade at 108.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 2.75% or 5.31 points to end at 198.75 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 2.63% or 4.35 points to 169.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 4.83% or 25.4 points to trade at 500.0 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 4.07% or 68.5 points to end at 1616.5 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was down 3.86% or 43.00 points to 1072.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 90 and 22 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.54% to 26.320.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.90 to $1205.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.15% or 1.52 to hit $72.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.74% or 2.14 to trade at $80.38 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.99% to 65.7583, while EUR/RUB fell 0.83% to 77.4133.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.68.