Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the MOEX Telecommunication, MOEX Metals and Mining and MOEX Oil and Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 3.33% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF), which rose 8.54% or 105.20 points to trade at 1,337.40 at the close. Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) added 7.13% or 2.61 points to end at 39.20 and VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO) was up 5.89% or 17.40 points to 312.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 0.12% or 2.00 points to trade at 1,231.00 in late trade. GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 1,083.80 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,384.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 238 to 8 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 1.87% to 37.66.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.40% or 10.58 to $2,621.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.76% or 0.54 to hit $71.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 4.77% to 110.50, while EUR/RUB rose 4.22% to 114.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 107.89.