Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL), which rose 3.65% or 177.0 points to trade at 5024.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 3.16% or 17.0 points to end at 555.0 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.96% or 0.0530 points to 2.7550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTS (MCX:MTSS), which fell 3.16% or 7.50 points to trade at 229.50 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.12% or 51.0 points to end at 1584.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 2.93% or 2.900 points to 96.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 146 to 63 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.65% or 177.0 to 5024.5. Shares in MTS (MCX:MTSS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.16% or 7.50 to 229.50.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.07% to 26.720.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1251.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.26% or 1.19 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.96 to trade at $60.71 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.33% to 66.6219, while EUR/RUB fell 0.04% to 75.7125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 97.093.