© Reuters. Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MICEX up 0.72%Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the rose 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the were ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:), which rose 3.02% or 55.0 points to trade at 1875.0 at the close. Meanwhile, MegaFon OAO (MCX:) added 2.99% or 25.00 points to end at 861.00 and NLMK ao (MCX:) was up 2.80% or 2.04 points to 75.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON Russia (MCX:), which fell 3.16% or 0.0790 points to trade at 2.4210 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) declined 3.09% or 38 points to end at 1190 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:) was down 2.92% or 20.50 points to 680.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 89 and 19 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.30% to 46.950.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.43% or 30.10 to $1209.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.02% or 0.30 to hit $29.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $33.36 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.80% to 77.7310, while EUR/RUB fell 2.77% to 86.164.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.82.
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