Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 0.65% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 2.67% or 3.07 points to trade at 117.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.22% or 237.0 points to end at 10927.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.50% or 3.70 points to 250.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 4.20% or 0.0065 points to trade at 0.1475 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 1.77% or 17 points to end at 941 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) was down 1.53% or 55.0 points to 3545.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 138 to 87 and 23 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.91% to 28.860.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.45 to $1342.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.85% or 1.19 to hit $42.99 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.10 to trade at $45.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.42% to 64.6045, while EUR/RUB fell 1.44% to 71.547.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.38.