MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares higher. At the close in Moscow, the MICEX added 0.26% to hit a new 3-months high. The best performers of the session on the MICEX were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which rose 3.54% or 0.2800 points to trade at 8.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, MosEnrg (MCX:MSNG) added 3.50% or 0.1030 points to end at 3.0495 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 3.33% or 9.20 points to 285.20 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which fell 2.24% or 0.0560 points to trade at 2.4420 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 2.17% or 0.305 points to end at 13.745 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 2.02% or 0.0795 points to 3.8605. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 120 to 108 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 1.43% to 18.660. Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.06% or 14.10 to $1311.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $55.38 a barrel. USD/RUB was up 0.71% to 58.0445, while EUR/RUB rose 0.53% to 69.2330. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 91.90.
