Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which rose 3.88% or 0.0960 points to trade at 2.5690 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 2.14% or 0.1400 points to end at 6.6700 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.10% or 7.60 points to 369.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which lost 5.82% or 105.0 points to trade at 1700.0 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 5.52% or 22.90 points to end at 392.00 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) shed 3.94% or 22.6 points to 551.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 65 and 12 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.64% to 25.320.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.01% or 12.65 to $1270.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.59% or 1.18 to hit $44.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.26% or 1.22 to trade at $52.88 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.76% to 68.3460, while EUR/RUB fell 0.35% to 77.9798.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 96.030.