Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosneft (MCX:ROSN), which rose 5.71% or 19.50 points to trade at 361.00 at the close. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) added 5.28% or 3.800 points to end at 75.800 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.90% or 0.0340 points to 0.9050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA), which lost 4.33% or 7.55 points to trade at 166.80 in late trade. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 2.92% or 2.750 points to end at 91.550 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 2.74% or 0.0920 points to 3.2680.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 98 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.80% to 23.990.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.71% or 8.85 to $1260.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.75% or 1.37 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.16 to trade at $53.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.38% to 61.9694, while EUR/RUB fell 0.92% to 69.092.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.84.