Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Rosneft (MCX:ROSN), which rose 5.71% or 19.50 points to trade at 361.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) added 5.28% or 3.800 points to end at 75.800 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) was up 3.90% or 0.0340 points to 0.9050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA), which fell 4.33% or 7.55 points to trade at 166.80 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) declined 2.92% or 2.750 points to end at 91.550 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 2.74% or 0.0920 points to 3.2680.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 128 to 98 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) rose to all time highs; rising 5.28% or 3.800 to 75.800.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.76% to 24.000.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.71% or 8.85 to $1260.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.71% or 1.35 to hit $51.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.21% or 1.15 to trade at $53.08 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.38% to 61.9700, while EUR/RUB fell 0.92% to 69.092.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.84.