Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.13% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.30% or 3.45 points to trade at 108.05 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) added 2.75% or 5.31 points to end at 198.75 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 2.63% or 4.35 points to 169.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 4.83% or 25.4 points to trade at 500.0 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 4.07% or 68.5 points to end at 1616.5 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) shed 3.86% or 43.00 points to 1072.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 90 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.50% to 26.310.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.00 to $1205.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.53 to hit $72.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.75% or 2.15 to trade at $80.39 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.99% to 65.7593, while EUR/RUB fell 0.83% to 77.4160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.69.