Russia Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms, and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 0.54%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were:
– Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), rose 6.65% or 906.50 points to trade at 14,547.50 at the close.
– MMC NORILSK NICKEL PJSC (MCX:GMKN), added 1.80% or 1.90 points to end at 106.10.
– IPJSC YANDEX (MCX:YDEX), was up 1.42% or 56.50 points to 4,025.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM), fell 3.51% or 0.22 points to trade at 6.16 at the close.
– OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL), declined 1.55% or 0.54 points to end at 33.93.
– ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR), was down 1.40% or 43.00 points to 3,033.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 103 and 9 ended unchanged.

Volatility and Commodities

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 3.08% to 27.77.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 4.50 to $2,734.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 1.09 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $74.00 a barrel.

Currency Rates:
– USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 96.80.
– EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 104.69.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 103.82.