Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.45%
Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX: SFIN ), which rose 13.90% or 88.4 points to trade at 724.2 at the close. NOVATEK (MCX: NVTK ) added 5.62% or 56.90 points to end at 1070.00 and Rosseti ao (MCX: RSTI ) was up 3.84% or 0.0258 points to 0.6982 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipro (MCX: UPRO ), which lost 1.69% or 0.0450 points to trade at 2.6200 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ) declined 1.58% or 1.50 points to end at 93.60 and Rostelecom (MCX: RTKM ) shed 0.78% or 0.54 points to 68.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 73 and 26 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.04% to 25.160.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1217.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.21% to 67.2291, while EUR/RUB rose 0.69% to 78.5555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.63.
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