Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 3.67% or 4.90 points to trade at 138.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 2.56% or 0.780 points to end at 31.250 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 2.05% or 0.595 points to 29.550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which fell 2.52% or 14.60 points to trade at 564.40 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.95% or 0.0745 points to end at 3.7500 and MegaFon OAO (MCX:MFON) was down 1.83% or 9.60 points to 514.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 84 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.05% to 19.500.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 1.90 to $1339.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.02% or 0.67 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.50 to trade at $68.08 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.51% to 56.8366, while EUR/RUB rose 0.17% to 70.5663.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 89.34.