Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.57% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 14.73% or 3.440 points to trade at 26.800 at the close. Meanwhile, MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 4.00% or 10.65 points to end at 276.65 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was up 3.77% or 3.20 points to 88.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 2.45% or 19.0 points to trade at 756.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 1.78% or 39.00 points to end at 2148.00 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 1.63% or 0.0430 points to 2.5980.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 83 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.63% to 26.620.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.30 to $1207.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.23 to trade at $77.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 68.0135, while EUR/RUB rose 0.47% to 79.5125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.06.