Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER), which rose 2.48% or 4.65 points to trade at 191.85 at the close. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) added 2.13% or 12.30 points to end at 589.90 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 1.85% or 3.00 points to 165.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which lost 7.65% or 0.5350 points to trade at 6.4550 in late trade. NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) declined 4.68% or 23.55 points to end at 479.45 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 2.07% or 1.070 points to 50.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.41% to 29.470.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.34% or 16.20 to $1189.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.80 to trade at $83.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.21% to 66.7214, while EUR/RUB fell 0.20% to 76.5700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.53.