Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 3.02%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil&Gas sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 3.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 7.29% or 1.18 points to trade at 17.31 at the close. Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR) added 6.89% or 217.00 points to end at 3,367.00 and VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) was up 5.85% or 20.40 points to 369.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which lost 1.04% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.31 in late trade. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 223 to 21 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.52% to 36.53.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 11.00 to $2,535.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.67% or 1.13 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $71.99 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.05% to 90.54, while EUR/RUB fell 0.03% to 99.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 101.61.