Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 3.59% or 0.0016 points to trade at 0.0461 at the close. Meanwhile, Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) added 1.66% or 1.14 points to end at 69.70 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.49% or 0.0410 points to 2.8000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which fell 7.20% or 74.80 points to trade at 964.60 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 4.64% or 35.0 points to end at 720.0 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) was down 3.72% or 6500 points to 168450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 136 to 78 and 11 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 20.370.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.20 to $1280.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $64.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 1.03 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.76% to 63.6672, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 73.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.