Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which rose 3.31% or 8.10 points to trade at 253.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut (MCX:SNGS) added 2.46% or 0.835 points to end at 34.720 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 2.35% or 0.420 points to 18.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.19% or 29.00 points to trade at 881.00 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 2.49% or 12.00 points to end at 470.00 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) was down 1.22% or 27.0 points to 2193.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 108 to 87 and 5 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.98% to 34.370.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.47% or 17.70 to $1184.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.60% or 0.36 to hit $59.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.41 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.48% to 53.790, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 61.106.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.43.