Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN), which rose 4.40% or 33.5 points to trade at 795.0 at the close. NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 2.54% or 0.1950 points to end at 7.8750 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 2.29% or 9.00 points to 402.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN), which lost 3.86% or 29.5 points to trade at 735.0 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 3.16% or 19.5 points to end at 597.5 and NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) shed 3.14% or 4.80 points to 148.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 111 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.34% to 23.520.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.46% or 6.10 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.48% or 0.30 to hit $62.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.15 to trade at $66.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.77% to 57.9338, while EUR/RUB rose 1.19% to 71.4711.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 89.41.