Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.95% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p), which rose 1.77% or 7.20 points to trade at 413.00 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 1.18% or 7.00 points to end at 601.70 and United Company Rusal Plc (MCX:RUAL) was up 0.48% or 0.160 points to 33.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VTB (MCX:VTBR), which lost 4.30% or 0.0023 points to trade at 0.0510 in late trade. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 3.14% or 0.0252 points to end at 0.7782 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) shed 3.13% or 18.0 points to 557.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 64 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.01% to 22.030.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.39% or 5.30 to $1355.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.36 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.25 to trade at $69.56 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.03% to 57.2908, while EUR/RUB rose 0.81% to 71.3100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 88.63.