Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 4.65% or 5.39 points to trade at 121.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.96% or 188.50 points to end at 6,557.50 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS) was up 2.51% or 0.74 points to 30.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which fell 2.42% or 1.52 points to trade at 61.20 at the close. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 2.33% or 21.00 points to end at 878.90 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) was down 1.98% or 12.65 points to 625.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 105 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.44% to 23.56.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 2.30 to $2,341.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.26% or 1.84 to hit $83.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $86.66 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 86.74, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 93.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 105.50.