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 MICEX added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which rose 3.06% or 3.90 points to trade at 131.20 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 2.93% or 11.00 points to end at 386.50 and NMTP (MCX:NMTP) was up 2.21% or 0.1600 points to 7.3900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 5.59% or 6.45 points to trade at 108.90 in late trade. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 3.87% or 5.75 points to end at 142.80 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 3.04% or 1.040 points to 33.165.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.49% to 22.490.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.32% or 3.93 to $1231.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.76% or 1.32 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.52% or 1.28 to trade at $52.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.31% to 56.3517, while EUR/RUB fell 0.93% to 61.865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.