Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 1.92% or 1.46 points to trade at 77.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 1.53% or 0.600 points to end at 39.770 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 1.49% or 1.56 points to 106.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN), which fell 1.54% or 6.70 points to trade at 427.90 at the close. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 1.48% or 2.28 points to end at 152.22 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 1.38% or 0.630 points to 44.970.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 100 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.53% or 0.600 to 39.770.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.04% to 24.490.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1290.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.48% or 0.25 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.46 to trade at $60.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 66.9726, while EUR/RUB rose 0.19% to 76.8441.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.155.