Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.85% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 2.60% or 4.00 points to trade at 157.80 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 2.42% or 9.75 points to end at 412.10 and Lukoil (MCX:LKOH) was up 2.34% or 69.5 points to 3039.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yevroplan PAO (MCX:EPLN), which lost 5.86% or 44.5 points to trade at 715.0 in late trade. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 5.66% or 207.0 points to end at 3450.0 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) shed 3.75% or 1.680 points to 43.070.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 88 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.96% to 16.830 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.08% or 14.03 to $1311.53 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.27% or 1.15 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.64% or 1.49 to trade at $57.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.38% to 57.6970, while EUR/RUB fell 0.42% to 68.3625.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 92.47.