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Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.37% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF), which rose 5.20% or 55.80 points to trade at 1,129.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:MAGN) added 4.84% or 1.71 points to end at 37.04 and ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) was unchanged 4.67% or 0.00 points to 0.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which fell 1.71% or 36.60 points to trade at 2,108.40 at the close. Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR) declined 1.24% or 1.00 points to end at 79.53 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:T) was down 1.18% or 39.60 points to 3,328.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 183 to 56 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.41% to 36.02.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.80% or 97.60 to $3,393.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $64.01 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $66.69 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 79.63, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 92.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 98.35.