Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO), which rose 3.91% or 0.1485 points to trade at 3.9480 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 3.56% or 5950 points to end at 172950 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 3.22% or 0.0061 points to 0.1948 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gazprom (MCX:GAZP), which fell 1.57% or 2.37 points to trade at 148.94 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) declined 1.43% or 4.90 points to end at 336.60 and E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO) was down 1.30% or 0.0380 points to 2.8770.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 111 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.22% or 0.0061 to 0.1948.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.84% to 25.080.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.77% or 9.10 to $1187.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.43% or 1.12 to hit $47.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.20% or 1.06 to trade at $49.30 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.26% to 64.7803, while EUR/RUB fell 0.40% to 68.550.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.48.