Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.00% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 2.90% or 11.20 points to trade at 398.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 2.13% or 13.00 points to end at 622.00 and Sberbank (MCX:SBER) was up 1.97% or 2.95 points to 153.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC), which fell 1.85% or 1.400 points to trade at 74.400 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 1.83% or 24.0 points to end at 1286.0 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) was down 1.83% or 14 points to 751.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 101 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.83% or 24.0 to 1286.0. Shares in Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.83% or 14 to 751.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.47% to 24.120.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.65 to $1213.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.14% or 1.92 to hit $48.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.37% or 2.05 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.13% to 63.9665, while EUR/RUB fell 1.74% to 67.843.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 101.11.