Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 3.59% or 0.0016 points to trade at 0.0461 at the close. Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) added 1.66% or 1.14 points to end at 69.70 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.49% or 0.0410 points to 2.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which lost 7.20% or 74.80 points to trade at 964.60 in late trade. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 4.64% or 35.0 points to end at 720.0 and AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) shed 3.72% or 6500 points to 168450.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 78 and 11 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 20.370.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.20 to $1280.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $64.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 1.03 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.76% to 63.6706, while EUR/RUB rose 0.77% to 73.8899.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.