Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 1.84% or 9.0 points to trade at 497.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) added 1.61% or 86.0 points to end at 5430.5 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was up 1.52% or 11.20 points to 746.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 2.51% or 6.55 points to trade at 253.90 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 2.30% or 0.0895 points to end at 3.7955 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 2.09% or 0.0580 points to 2.7200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 141 to 89 and 13 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.34% to 23.130.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 1.95 to $1329.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.71% or 0.40 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.20 to trade at $66.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.10% to 66.2400, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 74.9300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.607.