Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.00% or 17.5 points to trade at 600.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Akron (MCX:AKRN) added 2.75% or 110.0 points to end at 4109.0 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 1.65% or 11.20 points to 690.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which fell 1.85% or 1.85 points to trade at 98.00 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 1.81% or 121.0 points to end at 6579.0 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) was down 1.36% or 4.40 points to 319.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 129 to 93 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akron (MCX:AKRN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.75% or 110.0 to 4109.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 7.02% to 19.050 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.20 to $1341.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.25 to trade at $70.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.42% to 56.4066, while EUR/RUB rose 0.33% to 69.2050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 90.17.