Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.51% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 5.02% or 5.00 points to trade at 104.70 at the close. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) added 4.21% or 3.100 points to end at 76.700 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 2.16% or 18.20 points to 861.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which lost 5.98% or 620.0 points to trade at 9740.0 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 4.21% or 0.835 points to end at 19.000 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) shed 4.12% or 4.74 points to 110.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 108 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.36% to 27.380 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.86% or 24.20 to $1280.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.24 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $45.60 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.39% to 63.8300, while EUR/RUB fell 0.30% to 70.410.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 97.86.