Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 7.52% or 10.00 points to trade at 143.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 6.54% or 22.30 points to end at 363.40 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 6.50% or 16.60 points to 271.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which fell 1.32% or 10 points to trade at 746 at the close. Akron (MCX:AKRN) declined 0.61% or 20.0 points to end at 3270.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was down 0.45% or 0.145 points to 31.755.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 154 to 64 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.32% or 10 to 746.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.72% to 27.350.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1203.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $48.48 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.11 to trade at $51.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.33% to 58.8009, while EUR/RUB fell 0.49% to 62.681.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.19.