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 gained 0.97% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 3.29% or 4.92 points to trade at 154.53 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN) added 2.00% or 274.0 points to end at 13994.0 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was up 1.87% or 7.70 points to 419.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which fell 2.91% or 1.68 points to trade at 56.06 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 2.39% or 12.0 points to end at 490.0 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 2.19% or 50.20 points to 2243.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 95 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) fell to all time lows; losing 2.39% or 12.0 to 490.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.05% to 24.430 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1295.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.76% or 1.06 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.14 to trade at $68.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.31% to 65.4300, while EUR/RUB fell 0.45% to 73.3268.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.840.