Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which rose 8.37% or 0.0672 points to trade at 0.8700 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.94% or 4800 points to end at 168000 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 2.52% or 2.74 points to 111.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which lost 3.65% or 20.70 points to trade at 546.30 in late trade. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 2.28% or 74.0 points to end at 3176.0 and Megion (MCX:MFGS) shed 1.60% or 8.0 points to 492.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 69 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.88% to 23.590.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 1.96 to $1211.66 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.57% or 0.25 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.26 to trade at $46.97 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.19% to 60.2468, while EUR/RUB fell 0.40% to 68.6730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.84.