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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 2.73%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: CBOM ), which rose 7.07% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.65 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX: PIKK ) added 5.99% or 28.40 points to end at 502.90 and VK Company Ltd (MCX: VKCO ) was up 4.21% or 10.80 points to 267.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX: PLZL ), which fell 0.70% or 12.20 points to trade at 1,736.60 at the close. ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX: OZONDR ) declined 0.39% or 14.00 points to end at 3,614.00 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 222 to 24 and 9 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 down 5.40% to 42.36.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.06% or 102.25 to $3,241.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.57% or 0.96 to hit $61.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $65.08 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 81.00, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 89.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.46% at 101.63.