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

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.

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

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which fell 1.04% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.31 at the close. 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) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

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

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

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 11.00 to $2,535.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $72.00 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.