Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Oil&Gas and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 3.86% or 25.10 points to trade at 675.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 3.26% or 1.005 points to end at 31.795 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.53% or 9.80 points to 396.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 3.13% or 79.00 points to trade at 2441.00 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) declined 1.40% or 0.1100 points to end at 7.7450 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 0.94% or 7.40 points to 779.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 98 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.86% or 25.10 to 675.00. Shares in PIK (MCX:PIKK) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.53% or 9.80 to 396.70.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.62% to 19.990.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.07% or 1.05 to $1420.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $56.52 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $63.43 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.17% to 63.4749, while EUR/RUB rose 0.29% to 70.7066.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.833.
