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 fell 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.65% or 177.0 points to trade at 5024.5 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 3.16% or 17.0 points to end at 555.0 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.96% or 0.0530 points to 2.7550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTS (MCX:MTSS), which lost 3.16% or 7.50 points to trade at 229.50 in late trade. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.12% or 51.0 points to end at 1584.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 2.93% or 2.900 points to 96.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 146 to 63 and 16 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.07% to 26.720.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.20 to $1251.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.22% or 1.17 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.57% or 0.97 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.33% to 66.6182, while EUR/RUB fell 0.05% to 75.7068.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 97.088.