Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 4.51% or 0.410 points to trade at 9.510 at the close. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) added 2.58% or 2.05 points to end at 81.40 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 1.47% or 1.37 points to 94.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 1.12% or 1.20 points to trade at 105.80 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 0.95% or 0.0049 points to end at 0.5100 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) shed 0.92% or 0.950 points to 102.550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 102 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.06% to 21.830.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1279.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.55% or 0.30 to hit $53.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.25 to trade at $62.45 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.15% to 66.3714, while EUR/RUB rose 0.19% to 75.4375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.988.