Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 3.00% or 12.20 points to trade at 418.70 at the close. Meanwhile, AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) added 2.19% or 3850 points to end at 179750 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.09% or 8.70 points to 424.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which fell 3.98% or 29.5 points to trade at 712.5 at the close. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 2.94% or 133.0 points to end at 4387.0 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 2.17% or 13.30 points to 598.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 131 to 87 and 20 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.78% to 20.910.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.18% or 15.70 to $1343.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.51% or 1.63 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.34 to trade at $68.00 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.72% to 57.5560, while EUR/RUB rose 0.45% to 70.7575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.77.