Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.82% or 70.5 points to trade at 1915.0 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 3.19% or 0.0860 points to end at 2.7850 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 3.19% or 0.880 points to 28.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which lost 3.52% or 3.40 points to trade at 93.10 in late trade. Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) declined 1.24% or 5.90 points to end at 469.00 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 1.18% or 0.0086 points to 0.7184.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 99 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.08% to 23.720.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.50% or 6.50 to $1297.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.78% or 1.21 to hit $66.67 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.88 to trade at $75.59 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.16% to 62.3761, while EUR/RUB fell 0.10% to 72.5113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.37.