Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 17.65% or 4.050 points to trade at 27.000 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 5.88% or 0.0470 points to end at 0.8470 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) was up 4.88% or 33.5 points to 720.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 3.06% or 17.5 points to trade at 555.0 in late trade. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) declined 2.02% or 2.34 points to end at 113.65 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) shed 1.75% or 8.60 points to 483.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 93 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 2.02% to 31.860.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 13.00 to $1325.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.76% to 61.8648, while EUR/RUB rose 0.17% to 75.5927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 90.64.