Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which rose 3.11% or 8.50 points to trade at 281.50 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.62% or 0.0980 points to end at 3.8450 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.31% or 2.300 points to 102.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which lost 4.42% or 9000 points to trade at 194700 in late trade. NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) declined 2.60% or 18.80 points to end at 704.50 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) shed 2.31% or 0.0251 points to 1.0615.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 141 to 83 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.60% to 23.550.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.02% or 12.25 to $1217.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.03% or 0.55 to hit $52.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.36 to trade at $55.13 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.34% to 59.5481, while EUR/RUB rose 0.06% to 63.958.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 100.26.