Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 0.54%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 0.54%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which rose 6.65% or 906.50 points to trade at 14,547.50 at the close. MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN) added 1.80% or 1.90 points to end at 106.10 and IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:YDEX) was up 1.42% or 56.50 points to 4,025.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), which lost 3.51% or 0.22 points to trade at 6.16 in late trade. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) declined 1.55% or 0.54 points to end at 33.93 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) shed 1.40% or 43.00 points to 3,033.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 139 to 103 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 3.08% to 27.77.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 4.50 to $2,734.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 1.09 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $74.00 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 96.80, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 104.69.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 103.82.