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 MICEX rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 4.80% or 16.50 points to trade at 360.50 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 4.12% or 5700 points to end at 144000 and PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) was up 2.97% or 66.0 points to 2291.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which fell 2.73% or 3.17 points to trade at 112.83 at the close. Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTADR) declined 1.64% or 8 points to end at 480 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was down 1.60% or 0.340 points to 20.860.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 114 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.64% to 24.050.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.25 to $1263.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.06% or 1.05 to hit $49.80 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.11% or 1.09 to trade at $50.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.22% to 62.2393, while EUR/RUB fell 0.29% to 67.736.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.77.