Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 3.81% or 0.0062 points to trade at 0.1679 at the close. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) added 3.54% or 0.0267 points to end at 0.7820 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 3.50% or 4.31 points to 127.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akron (MCX:AKRN), which lost 5.04% or 190.0 points to trade at 3580.0 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.80% or 0.0860 points to end at 2.9830 and E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO) shed 2.75% or 0.0770 points to 2.7200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.96% to 26.500.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.55% or 7.15 to $1317.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.26% or 0.55 to hit $44.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.57 to trade at $46.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.64% to 64.6998, while EUR/RUB fell 0.72% to 72.297.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.74.