Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.77% or 153.0 points to trade at 4208.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.50% or 0.2100 points to end at 6.2050 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.97% or 1.360 points to 47.215 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 4.59% or 29.6 points to trade at 615.0 at the close. Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) declined 0.89% or 0.65 points to end at 72.60 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was down 0.74% or 3.00 points to 399.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.61% to 26.470.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 11.70 to $1195.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.24 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.50 to trade at $72.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.15% to 67.1467, while EUR/RUB rose 0.37% to 76.9443.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.85.