Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.86%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 1.86%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO), which rose 6.16% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF) added 5.19% or 62.80 points to end at 1,272.60 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX:NLMK) was up 3.38% or 4.42 points to 135.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which fell 3.31% or 488.00 points to trade at 14,258.00 at the close. LUKOIL PJSC (MCX:LKOH) declined 2.08% or 149.00 points to end at 7,023.00 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) was down 1.53% or 85.00 points to 5,475.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 205 to 45 and 6 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.41% to 36.28.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.43% or 65.45 to $2,629.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.15% or 2.22 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.92 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 2.08% to 96.00, while EUR/RUB fell 2.57% to 102.31.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 105.40.