Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK), which rose 3.94% or 38.20 points to trade at 1,007.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PJSC (MCX:GAZP) added 3.82% or 4.84 points to end at 131.44 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) was up 2.32% or 0.04 points to 1.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT), which fell 4.55% or 222.00 points to trade at 4,660.50 at the close. Rosneft PJSC (MCX:ROSN) declined 3.09% or 17.40 points to end at 545.55 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) was down 2.70% or 0.27 points to 9.76.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 163 to 76 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 9.50% to 38.17.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.28% or 34.78 to $2,680.22 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.85% or 1.40 to hit $77.15 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 1.10 to trade at $80.86 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.88% to 102.75, while EUR/RUB rose 0.65% to 104.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 109.68.