Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 1.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR), which rose 1.37% or 69.00 points to trade at 5,100.00 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) added 1.21% or 0.02 points to end at 2.00 and Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF) was up 0.61% or 11.20 points to 1,852.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which lost 4.77% or 70.80 points to trade at 1,414.00 in late trade. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 3.08% or 3.78 points to end at 119.00 and Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK) shed 3.01% or 5.92 points to 190.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 70 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 6.03% to 25.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 2.95 to $2,327.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.57% or 2.70 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $81.94 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 88.55, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 95.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 105.08.