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 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 3.37% or 3.30 points to trade at 101.35 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) added 3.11% or 26.50 points to end at 879.30 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 3.06% or 0.270 points to 9.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which lost 3.51% or 0.1020 points to trade at 2.8050 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 2.32% or 40.0 points to end at 1687.0 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 1.53% or 11.0 points to 707.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 88 and 24 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.80% to 23.820.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.84% or 10.50 to $1244.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.37 to trade at $77.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.09% to 63.4175, while EUR/RUB rose 0.35% to 73.6000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.78.