Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 2.07% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 2.49% or 13.45 points to trade at 553.45 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) unchanged 0.06% or 0.00 points to end at 1.76 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR), which lost 6.85% or 6.83 points to trade at 92.82 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 5.23% or 325.00 points to end at 5,890.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) shed 4.61% or 1.81 points to 37.44.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 192 to 57 and 3 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.70% to 33.52 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 6.70 to $2,427.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $80.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $84.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 88.35, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 96.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.95.