MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 3.29% or 0.590 points to trade at 18.510 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 3.13% or 1.245 points to end at 41.045 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) was up 3.03% or 5.90 points to 200.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON Russia (MCX:EONR), which fell 2.16% or 0.0620 points to trade at 2.8020 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 1.64% or 1.17 points to end at 70.16 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 1.39% or 1.01 points to 71.79.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 110 to 78 and 4 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.16% to 36.490.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.72% or 8.50 to $1187.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.71% or 0.43 to hit $59.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.51 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 1.18% to 54.578, while EUR/RUB fell 1.03% to 61.556.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.17.
