Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.28%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.28% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP ), which rose 6.47% or 7.92 points to trade at 130.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT ) added 4.18% or 2.21 points to end at 55.04 and Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR ) was up 3.50% or 117.50 points to 3,478.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK ), which fell 1.94% or 12.80 points to trade at 647.60 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p ) declined 1.04% or 0.58 points to end at 55.05 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT ) was down 0.76% or 45.00 points to 5,874.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 214 to 29 and 13 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.42% to 28.99.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.26% or 7.00 to $2,653.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $73.47 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.47, while EUR/RUB rose 0.02% to 101.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 100.65.

Source: Investing.com