Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which rose 5.22% or 3.67 points to trade at 73.95 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK (MCX:PIKK) added 4.27% or 13.60 points to end at 331.80 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was up 2.44% or 16.00 points to 672.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p), which fell 6.06% or 11.60 points to trade at 179.90 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 5.56% or 11.92 points to end at 202.51 and SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) was down 3.62% or 3.60 points to 95.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 105 to 97 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.22% or 3.67 to 73.95. Shares in SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.62% or 3.60 to 95.85.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.77% to 24.260.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 3.00 to $1267.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.60% or 0.41 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 1.17 to trade at $74.15 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 62.9030, while EUR/RUB rose 0.33% to 73.5616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.04.