Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 6.47% or 7.92 points to trade at 130.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 4.18% or 2.21 points to end at 55.04 and Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) was up 3.50% or 117.50 points to 3,478.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 1.94% or 12.80 points to trade at 647.60 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.04% or 0.58 points to end at 55.05 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was down 0.76% or 45.00 points to 5,874.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 214 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.42% to 28.99.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.26% or 7.00 to $2,653.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $73.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.47, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 101.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 100.65.