Russian stocks rise at close of trade; MOEX Russia rose 3.02% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, it was up 3.02%.

The best performers of the session were AFK Sistema (MCX: ), which rose 7.29% or 1.18 points to trade at 17.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX: ) added 6.89% or 217.00 points to end at 3,367.00 and VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX: ) was up 5.85% or 20.40 points points up to 369.40 at the end of trading.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX: ), which declined 1.04% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.31 at the close. The HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX: ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX: ) was up 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 223 to 21 and 11 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, rose 4.52% to 36.53.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.44%, or 11.00, to $2,535.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 1.67%, or 1.13, to $68.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to $72.00 per barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.05% at 90.54, while EUR/RUB was down 0.03% at 99.93.

US dollar index futures rose 0.46% to 101.61.