Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 0.30%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR ), which rose 4.46% or 249.00 points to trade at 5,833.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX ) added 3.72% or 6.88 points to end at 191.76 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL ) was up 3.53% or 1.23 points to 35.89 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Aeroflot PJSC (MCX:AFLT ), which fell 3.14% or 1.64 points to trade at 50.51 at the close. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK ) declined 2.17% or 9.10 points to end at 410.30 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:MTSS ) was down 2.15% or 3.90 points to 177.75.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 184 to 65 and 6 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 1.41% to 48.39.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.76% or 20.39 to $2,660.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.93 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.70% to 106.49, while EUR/RUB fell 1.31% to 111.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 106.38.

Source: Investing.com