Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 6.60% or 11.70 points to trade at 189.10 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.13% or 2.37 points to end at 113.85 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.02% or 18.20 points to 919.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY), which lost 2.24% or 6.30 points to trade at 274.80 in late trade. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) declined 1.44% or 0.450 points to end at 30.800 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) shed 1.08% or 6.50 points to 598.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 106 and 17 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.04% to 22.920.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1135.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.09% to 60.9994, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 63.748.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 102.95.