Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Telecom and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which rose 4.58% or 3.490 points to trade at 79.610 at the close. RDR United Company RUSAL PLC (MCX:RUALR) added 2.90% or 11.10 points to end at 394.00 and Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) was up 2.78% or 22.0 points to 813.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 10.57% or 8.72 points to trade at 73.78 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 4.60% or 0.0261 points to end at 0.5408 and Mos obl sb (MCX:MSRS) shed 4.50% or 0.0500 points to 1.0600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 57 and 4 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of options, was down 7.19% to 50.220.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1151.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in May fell 2.95% or 1.39 to hit $45.67 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract fell 3.01% or 1.66 to trade at $53.35 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.37% to 62.480, while EUR/RUB rose 1.44% to 66.273.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.81% at 99.90.