Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which rose 2.72% or 26.00 points to trade at 932.70 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 2.20% or 1.57 points to end at 72.20 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) was up 2.11% or 0.16 points to 7.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK), which lost 1.37% or 2.44 points to trade at 174.18 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 1.04% or 0.25 points to end at 23.76 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 1.03% or 0.02 points to 1.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 142 to 100 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.92% to 25.74 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.69% or 16.00 to $2,347.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.26% or 1.02 to hit $81.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $85.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 87.99, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 94.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 105.14.