Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.65% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 2.67% or 3.07 points to trade at 117.94 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.22% or 237.0 points to end at 10927.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.50% or 3.70 points to 250.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 4.20% or 0.0065 points to trade at 0.1475 in late trade. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 1.77% or 17 points to end at 941 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) shed 1.53% or 55.0 points to 3545.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 138 to 87 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.91% to 28.860.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.45 to $1342.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.89% or 1.21 to hit $43.01 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.11 to trade at $45.38 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.42% to 64.6045, while EUR/RUB fell 1.44% to 71.547.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.38.