Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.53% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 3.41% or 5.39 points to trade at 163.27 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) added 3.03% or 54.5 points to end at 1854.0 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.80% or 13.60 points to 500.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which lost 3.18% or 3.91 points to trade at 119.15 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.20% or 12.5 points to end at 555.0 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 1.45% or 0.0400 points to 2.7100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 93 and 31 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 21.45% to 23.670.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1319.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $70.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.91 to trade at $78.03 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.24% to 61.7683, while EUR/RUB rose 0.09% to 73.9750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.24.