Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 4.60% or 19.80 points to trade at 450.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 2.93% or 0.1100 points to end at 3.8600 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was up 2.02% or 6.20 points to 313.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which fell 6.58% or 41.5 points to trade at 589.5 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) declined 6.17% or 12.64 points to end at 192.06 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) was down 5.91% or 35.10 points to 558.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 135 to 72 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.60% or 19.80 to 450.00. Shares in NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) fell to all time lows; down 6.58% or 41.5 to 589.5.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.98% to 36.750.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.80 to $1351.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.19% or 0.80 to hit $66.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.80 to trade at $71.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.19% to 62.1293, while EUR/RUB rose 0.52% to 76.8950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.17.