Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 3.50% or 27.50 points to trade at 813.00 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 3.45% or 1.285 points to end at 38.500 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 2.78% or 16.4 points to 606.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR), which lost 2.35% or 0.0146 points to trade at 0.6057 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) declined 2.25% or 3.41 points to end at 148.36 and Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) shed 2.11% or 3.69 points to 171.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 88 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.43% to 30.380 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $67.59 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.36 to trade at $77.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.82% to 70.4726, while EUR/RUB rose 1.27% to 81.8275.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.