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 declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 2.75% or 0.225 points to trade at 8.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Magnit (MCX:MGNT) added 2.01% or 70.0 points to end at 3560.0 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.82% or 10.50 points to 589.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which fell 3.90% or 23.2 points to trade at 572.0 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) declined 2.55% or 27.00 points to end at 1030.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was down 2.30% or 1.130 points to 47.935.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 101 to 100 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.57% to 27.510.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 7.70 to $1229.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $71.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $80.44 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.69% to 65.6596, while EUR/RUB fell 0.43% to 76.0994.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.69.