Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.18% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 3.95% or 66.5 points to trade at 1751.5 at the close. Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) added 2.24% or 4.21 points to end at 192.21 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.23% or 21.00 points to 962.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which lost 7.12% or 47.0 points to trade at 613.0 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 1.33% or 8.0 points to end at 595.0 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) shed 1.28% or 0.061 points to 4.720.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 138 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 3.71% to 20.250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.90 to $1260.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.83 to trade at $77.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.60% to 62.5921, while EUR/RUB fell 0.61% to 73.5100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.86.