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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 1.62%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ), which rose 5.65% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.81 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ) added 3.88% or 16.80 points to end at 450.00 and NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) was up 3.69% or 44.00 points to 1,237.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,083.80 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ) added 0.49% or 0.04 points to end at 8.13 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ) was up 0.70% or 0.92 points to 131.76.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 215 to 33 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.41% to 53.50.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 3.21% or 106.85 to $3,435.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.06% or 1.32 to hit $62.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.10% or 1.43 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 81.01, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.01% at 98.13.