Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the were Polyus PJSC (MCX:), which rose 6.65% or 906.50 points to trade at 14,547.50 at the close. Meanwhile, MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:) added 1.80% or 1.90 points to end at 106.10 and IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:) was up 1.42% or 56.50 points to 4,025.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:), which fell 3.51% or 0.22 points to trade at 6.16 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) declined 1.55% or 0.54 points to end at 33.93 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) was down 1.40% or 43.00 points to 3,033.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 103 and 9 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 3.08% to 27.77.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 4.50 to $2,734.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 1.09 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $74.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 96.80, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 104.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 103.82.
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