Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 3.02%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 3.02%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ), which rose 7.29% or 1.18 points to trade at 17.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR ) added 6.89% or 217.00 points to end at 3,367.00 and VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO ) was up 5.85% or 20.40 points to 369.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM ), which fell 1.04% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.31 at the close. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 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 223 to 21 and 11 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.52% to 36.53.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 11.00 to $2,535.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.67% or 1.13 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $72.00 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.05% to 90.54, while EUR/RUB fell 0.03% to 99.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 101.61.

Source: Investing.com