Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 3.00% or 17.5 points to trade at 600.1 at the close. Akron (MCX:AKRN) added 2.75% or 110.0 points to end at 4109.0 and NOVATEK (MCX:NVTK) was up 1.65% or 11.20 points to 690.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which lost 1.85% or 1.85 points to trade at 98.00 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 1.81% or 121.0 points to end at 6579.0 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) shed 1.36% or 4.40 points to 319.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 93 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 7.02% to 19.050 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.10 to $1341.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.25 to trade at $70.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.42% to 56.4068, while EUR/RUB rose 0.33% to 69.2071.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 90.17.