Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.67% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which rose 3.37% or 87.0 points to trade at 2670.0 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 2.58% or 0.845 points to end at 33.600 and Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) was up 2.21% or 3.40 points to 157.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG), which lost 5.13% or 30.0 points to trade at 555.0 in late trade. SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) declined 4.50% or 2.79 points to end at 59.18 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) shed 3.93% or 0.0455 points to 1.1115.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 61 and 8 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.90% to 34.640.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.99% or 10.80 to $1096.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.27% or 0.61 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 0.92 to trade at $53.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.51% to 59.251, while EUR/RUB rose 2.58% to 65.918.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.91% at 96.45.