Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 3.00% or 12.20 points to trade at 418.70 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.19% or 3850 points to end at 179750 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.09% or 8.70 points to 424.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 3.98% or 29.5 points to trade at 712.5 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.94% or 133.0 points to end at 4387.0 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) shed 2.17% or 13.30 points to 598.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 87 and 20 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.78% to 20.910.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.18% or 15.60 to $1342.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.51% or 1.63 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.34 to trade at $68.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.72% to 57.5554, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 70.7575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.77.