Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 4.80% or 0.425 points to trade at 9.285 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 4.76% or 34.0 points to end at 748.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 2.30% or 0.770 points to 34.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 6.09% or 145.50 points to trade at 2242.50 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 3.21% or 12.60 points to end at 379.50 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 2.03% or 0.0570 points to 2.7540.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 96 and 25 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.21% to 23.880.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1221.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.99% or 1.37 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.82 to trade at $75.58 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.92% to 62.2175, while EUR/RUB fell 0.39% to 72.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.09.