Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which rose 0.80% or 0.0550 points to trade at 6.9550 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 0.78% or 4.6 points to end at 594.2 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 0.77% or 5.60 points to 737.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 2.47% or 2.04 points to trade at 80.61 in late trade. United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) declined 2.25% or 0.715 points to end at 31.085 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) shed 1.95% or 35.5 points to 1785.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 156 to 74 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.41% to 21.860.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.85 to $1302.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.78% or 2.03 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.15% or 1.94 to trade at $59.65 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.43% to 66.2793, while EUR/RUB rose 0.64% to 75.8011.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.343.