Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 2.84% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 4,071.20 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 0.57% or 3.70 points to 646.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR), which lost 7.64% or 359.00 points to trade at 4,338.00 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 6.18% or 3.43 points to end at 52.04 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) shed 6.01% or 1.30 points to 20.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.29% to 28.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.50 to $2,429.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.58% or 1.22 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $79.12 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 86.39, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 93.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.34.