Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 4.10% or 15.4 points to trade at 391.0 at the close. Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) added 2.32% or 21.70 points to end at 957.90 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 1.51% or 0.400 points to 26.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipro (MCX:UPRO), which lost 5.54% or 0.1500 points to trade at 2.5600 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 5.06% or 30.0 points to end at 562.8 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 4.64% or 2.170 points to 44.555.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 91 and 23 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.47% to 25.250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.43% or 5.30 to $1246.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.10% or 1.08 to hit $50.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.66 to trade at $59.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.10% to 66.6790, while EUR/RUB rose 0.20% to 75.6225.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 96.632.