Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 2.43% or 2.18 points to trade at 91.90 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 1.85% or 1.76 points to end at 96.90 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 1.74% or 9.60 points to 562.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 2.05% or 33.0 points to trade at 1577.5 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.97% or 0.0795 points to end at 3.9500 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 1.85% or 35.50 points to 1886.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 97 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 7.50% to 29.110.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.80 to $1204.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.08% or 0.65 to hit $60.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.89 to trade at $71.07 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.49% to 67.7745, while EUR/RUB fell 1.21% to 76.2347.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 97.31.