Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 4.40% or 33.5 points to trade at 795.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 2.54% or 0.1950 points to end at 7.8750 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.29% or 9.00 points to 402.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.86% or 29.5 points to trade at 735.0 at the close. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 3.16% or 19.5 points to end at 597.5 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) was down 3.14% or 4.80 points to 148.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 113 to 111 and 15 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.30% to 23.510.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.47% or 6.20 to $1318.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.17 to trade at $66.04 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.77% to 57.9338, while EUR/RUB rose 1.20% to 71.4729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 89.41.