Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 2.47%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 2.47%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 7.19% or 359.50 points to trade at 5,357.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mobil’nye Telesistemy PAO (MCX:MTSS) added 5.87% or 11.50 points to end at 207.50 and Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX) was up 5.21% or 204.00 points to 4,118.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which fell 2.21% or 10.75 points to trade at 475.25 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 0.30% or 0.05 points to end at 16.49 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 224 to 24 and 8 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.38% to 29.38.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.60 to $2,610.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.32% or 1.57 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.36 to trade at $72.97 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.03% to 91.38, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 101.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 100.34.