Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 10.32% or 76.5 points to trade at 817.5 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.68% or 3.90 points to end at 149.45 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.29% or 9.40 points to 419.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON), which fell 4.18% or 25.00 points to trade at 573.40 at the close. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 3.48% or 14.20 points to end at 393.80 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was down 2.12% or 2.57 points to 118.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 103 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.32% or 76.5 to 817.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 6.91% to 21.270 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.40 to $1318.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.42% or 0.88 to hit $61.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.72 to trade at $64.77 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.54% to 56.9650, while EUR/RUB rose 0.58% to 70.1500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.01.