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 gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 6.60% or 11.70 points to trade at 189.10 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.13% or 2.37 points to end at 113.85 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.02% or 18.20 points to 919.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which fell 2.24% or 6.30 points to trade at 274.80 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.44% or 0.450 points to end at 30.800 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 1.08% or 6.50 points to 598.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 114 to 106 and 17 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.04% to 22.940.
Gold for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1135.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 60.9994, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 63.748.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 102.95.