Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 3.78%

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 gained 3.78%.

The best performers of the session on the were NOVATEK (MCX:), which rose 9.54% or 88.20 points to trade at 1,013.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PAO (MCX:) added 8.48% or 9.91 points to end at 126.72 and Aeroflot (MCX:) was up 6.63% or 3.08 points to 49.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:), which fell 1.01% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.66 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) declined 0.10% or 1.20 points to end at 1,217.40 and HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3,908.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 234 to 16 and 3 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.19% to 33.94.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 7.30 to $2,553.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.11% or 2.33 to hit $77.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $80.14 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 92.00, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 102.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.76.