Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which rose 2.48% or 4.65 points to trade at 191.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 2.13% or 12.30 points to end at 589.90 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 1.85% or 3.00 points to 165.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which fell 7.65% or 0.5350 points to trade at 6.4550 at the close. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) declined 4.68% or 23.55 points to end at 479.45 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 2.07% or 1.070 points to 50.730.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.13% or 12.30 to 589.90.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.41% to 29.470.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.34% or 16.20 to $1189.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.80 to trade at $83.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.21% to 66.7223, while EUR/RUB fell 0.20% to 76.5700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.53.