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 gained 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 4.41% or 24.5 points to trade at 580.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 3.71% or 3.440 points to end at 96.190 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 3.43% or 33.80 points to 1019.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.68% or 25.0 points to trade at 655.0 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 2.56% or 0.0189 points to end at 0.7200 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was down 1.33% or 0.385 points to 28.535.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 95 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.56% or 0.0189 to 0.7200.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.64% to 28.170 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.37% or 16.70 to $1202.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.65% or 1.79 to hit $65.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.58 to trade at $71.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.66% to 68.1509, while EUR/RUB rose 0.48% to 77.6007.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.28.
