Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 2.60% or 0.585 points to trade at 23.100 at the close. Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) added 1.85% or 63.5 points to end at 3500.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.26% or 3.50 points to 281.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 5.75% or 0.0712 points to trade at 1.1668 in late trade. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 4.80% or 0.0121 points to end at 0.2399 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 2.51% or 0.0700 points to 2.7200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 100 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.61% to 24.540.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1239.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $53.97 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.30 to trade at $56.11 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.74% to 57.9975, while EUR/RUB fell 0.24% to 61.587.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.85.