Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.75% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 4.18% or 17.9 points to trade at 445.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 3.51% or 19.50 points to end at 574.50 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 3.15% or 23.00 points to 754.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 2.90% or 0.0300 points to trade at 1.0050 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 2.89% or 14.2 points to end at 478.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.31% or 3.45 points to 260.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 108 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) fell to all time lows; losing 2.89% or 14.2 to 478.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.43% to 20.930.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.35 to $1301.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.55% or 0.98 to hit $64.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.63 to trade at $70.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.55% to 64.9900, while EUR/RUB fell 0.10% to 73.2115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 96.627.