Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Surgut (MCX:SNGS), which rose 4.33% or 1.285 points to trade at 30.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 3.20% or 3.12 points to end at 100.70 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.22% or 6.20 points to 286.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p), which fell 11.59% or 142.5 points to trade at 1087.5 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 5.31% or 0.0422 points to end at 0.7528 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 3.27% or 0.1340 points to 3.9660.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 97 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.59% or 142.5 to 1087.5. Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.22% or 6.20 to 286.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 2.32% to 23.530.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.72 to $1266.38 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.68% or 0.34 to hit $50.14 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.27 to trade at $52.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.33% to 56.3315, while EUR/RUB fell 0.78% to 62.948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.28.