Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 5.50% or 2.780 points to trade at 53.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 5.13% or 28.00 points to end at 574.00 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 2.88% or 2.56 points to 91.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which fell 5.07% or 52.60 points to trade at 984.40 at the close. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 3.66% or 66.5 points to end at 1748.5 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 2.96% or 2.11 points to 69.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 72 and 8 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.51% to 38.660.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.05% or 11.30 to $1064.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.74% or 0.62 to hit $36.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.06 to trade at $38.38 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.72% to 70.718, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 77.877.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.49.