Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 2.51% or 3.28 points to trade at 134.03 at the close. Meanwhile, NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) added 1.50% or 8.3 points to end at 560.3 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 1.38% or 0.92 points to 67.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 3.85% or 329.0 points to trade at 8221.0 at the close. DIXY Group ao (MCX:DIXY) declined 2.80% or 8.80 points to end at 305.20 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was down 2.77% or 0.0046 points to 0.1614.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 119 to 110 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.85% or 329.0 to 8221.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.58% to 15.560.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.63 to $1283.13 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.29 to trade at $57.46 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.02% to 57.5032, while EUR/RUB fell 0.21% to 67.5850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.72.