Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.70% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 5.57% or 0.0029 points to trade at 0.0546 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 4.34% or 494.0 points to end at 11874.0 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.42% or 0.0289 points to 0.8730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 6.56% or 337.0 points to trade at 4803.0 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.16% or 52.50 points to end at 2383.00 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was down 1.55% or 0.1300 points to 8.2700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 92 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.34% or 494.0 to 11874.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.45% to 21.730.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1332.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.71% or 0.45 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.37 to trade at $67.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.08% to 55.9071, while EUR/RUB fell 1.30% to 68.7270.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.90.