Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 2.47%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 2.47%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT ), which rose 7.19% or 359.50 points to trade at 5,357.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:MTSS ) added 5.87% or 11.50 points to end at 207.50 and Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX ) was up 5.21% or 204.00 points to 4,118.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR ), which fell 2.21% or 10.75 points to trade at 475.25 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ) declined 0.30% or 0.05 points to end at 16.49 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 224 to 24 and 8 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.38% to 29.38.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.60 to $2,610.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.32% or 1.57 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.36 to trade at $72.97 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 91.38, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 101.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 100.34.

Source: Investing.com