Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 2.07%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 9.49% or 0.950 points to trade at 10.960 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 6.08% or 8.44 points to end at 147.30 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 4.31% or 1.195 points to 28.895 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which fell 1.03% or 0.0800 points to trade at 7.7200 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 0.68% or 32.0 points to end at 4682.0 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was down 0.59% or 0.47 points to 79.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 137 to 85 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) rose to all time highs; up 6.08% or 8.44 to 147.30.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.01% to 18.260.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1248.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.01% or 0.58 to hit $57.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.27 to trade at $64.67 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.38% to 58.9368, while EUR/RUB fell 0.13% to 69.5474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.