Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.38% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which rose 4.09% or 0.0380 points to trade at 0.9680 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) added 4.09% or 0.0079 points to end at 0.2010 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 4.00% or 15.90 points to 413.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 3.20% or 19.50 points to trade at 589.50 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.15% or 0.0790 points to end at 3.5920 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) shed 1.73% or 14 points to 793.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 101 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.43% to 22.920 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.70% or 8.30 to $1169.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.52 to trade at $54.98 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.26% to 63.7166, while EUR/RUB rose 0.37% to 68.417.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 100.34.