Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL), which rose 7.91% or 1.890 points to trade at 25.780 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 3.51% or 0.2250 points to end at 6.6350 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 3.07% or 5.35 points to 179.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.05% or 21.0 points to trade at 667.0 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) declined 2.66% or 15.5 points to end at 568.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was down 1.61% or 4.30 points to 262.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 110 to 95 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) fell to all time lows; losing 2.66% or 15.5 to 568.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.29% to 23.460.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.65% or 8.00 to $1223.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.78% or 0.53 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.35 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.65% to 63.0954, while EUR/RUB fell 0.79% to 73.8156.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.40.
