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 1.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 4.98% or 27.4 points to trade at 577.8 at the close. NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 2.63% or 11.0 points to end at 429.6 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was up 2.05% or 14.4 points to 717.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which lost 3.63% or 1.355 points to trade at 35.945 in late trade. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 3.48% or 5.62 points to end at 155.70 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 3.25% or 3.10 points to 92.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 139 to 68 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.55% to 29.440.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1224.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $69.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $79.64 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.40% to 65.2283, while EUR/RUB fell 0.87% to 74.7892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.75.