Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO), which rose 3.69% or 510.0 points to trade at 14340.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 2.41% or 2.75 points to end at 117.00 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT) was up 1.78% or 189.0 points to 10789.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which fell 3.11% or 27 points to trade at 842 at the close. Niznekamskneftekhim ao (MCX:NKNC) declined 2.81% or 1.900 points to end at 65.800 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was down 2.04% or 28.50 points to 1370.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 121 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.69% or 510.0 to 14340.0. Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) rose to all time highs; up 2.41% or 2.75 to 117.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.28% to 25.240.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.15 to $1343.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.46% or 1.54 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.14% or 1.46 to trade at $47.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.34% to 63.8330, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 71.832.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.