Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.24% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which rose 2.02% or 46.0 points to trade at 2324.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 1.61% or 0.0610 points to end at 3.8505 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 1.50% or 0.0025 points to 0.1668 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which fell 5.81% or 5.33 points to trade at 86.34 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.28% or 53.40 points to end at 2286.60 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 2.01% or 14.20 points to 690.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 143 to 79 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.68% to 24.310.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.08% or 13.95 to $1301.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.52% or 0.94 to hit $60.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.85 to trade at $69.77 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.57% to 65.4746, while EUR/RUB rose 0.57% to 73.5550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.097.