Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA), which rose 5.35% or 9.90 points to trade at 194.95 at the close. Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) added 4.23% or 45.0 points to end at 1110.0 and Sollers (MCX:SVAV) was up 1.19% or 5.0 points to 425.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which lost 5.58% or 5.08 points to trade at 85.90 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) declined 4.63% or 3.43 points to end at 70.71 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 4.29% or 2.400 points to 53.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 75 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.08% to 39.230.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.09% or 12.50 to $1133.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.89% or 1.32 to hit $44.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.62% or 1.27 to trade at $47.33 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.83% to 66.056, while EUR/RUB rose 1.17% to 74.256.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 96.06.