Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST), which rose 6.27% or 63.0 points to trade at 1068.0 at the close. MTS (MCX:MTSS) added 5.53% or 14.00 points to end at 267.00 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 4.76% or 38.50 points to 848.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 8.49% or 0.0118 points to trade at 0.1272 in late trade. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 2.37% or 0.615 points to end at 25.345 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 1.36% or 0.0081 points to 0.5895.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 100 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.12% to 32.450.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.55 to $1245.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.81% or 0.88 to hit $49.50 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.73 to trade at $50.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 65.4879, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 74.430.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 93.99.