Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.39%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.39%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES ), which unchanged 3.60% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL ) added 3.33% or 477.00 points to end at 14,800.00 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM ) was up 3.05% or 0.24 points to 8.11 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN ), which fell 0.83% or 0.90 points to trade at 106.90 at the close. NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK ) declined 0.48% or 4.00 points to end at 829.20 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR ) was down 0.30% or 17.00 points to 5,602.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 193 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.69% to 46.70.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.86% or 22.89 to $2,682.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.35% or 0.91 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.78 to trade at $71.90 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 1.00% to 100.00, while EUR/RUB rose 0.97% to 105.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 105.85.

Source: Investing.com