Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 2.84% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 4,071.20 at the close. Meanwhile, X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 0.57% or 3.70 points to 646.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR), which fell 7.64% or 359.00 points to trade at 4,338.00 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 6.18% or 3.43 points to end at 52.04 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was down 6.01% or 1.30 points to 20.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 232 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.29% to 28.13.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.50 to $2,429.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.58% or 1.22 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $79.18 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 86.39, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 93.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.34.