Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK), which rose 6.75% or 5.25 points to trade at 83.00 at the close. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) added 2.67% or 0.720 points to end at 27.700 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.20% or 0.985 points to 45.755 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 4.24% or 32.0 points to trade at 722.5 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 3.66% or 0.1515 points to end at 3.9935 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) shed 3.02% or 15.10 points to 485.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 91 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.51% to 22.190.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1288.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.60 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.31 to trade at $78.82 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.01% to 61.6448, while EUR/RUB fell 1.22% to 72.4971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.61.