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.

Source: Investing.com