Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 2.67% or 42.5 points to trade at 1635.0 at the close. Meanwhile, MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 2.27% or 1.030 points to end at 46.330 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS) was up 2.27% or 0.550 points to 24.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 7.68% or 46.6 points to trade at 560.4 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.99% or 46.80 points to end at 2306.00 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 1.94% or 15 points to 760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 143 to 83 and 18 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.22% to 22.430.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.25 to $1304.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.80% or 0.47 to hit $59.29 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $67.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.57% to 64.4380, while EUR/RUB fell 0.51% to 73.0262.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.010.