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 gained 1.18% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.95% or 66.5 points to trade at 1751.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 2.24% or 4.21 points to end at 192.21 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.23% or 21.00 points to 962.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 7.12% or 47.0 points to trade at 613.0 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 1.33% or 8.0 points to end at 595.0 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) was down 1.28% or 0.061 points to 4.720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.71% to 20.250.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 4.80 to $1260.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.83 to trade at $77.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.59% to 62.5941, while EUR/RUB fell 0.61% to 73.5100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.86.