Investing.com – Russia equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the MICEX Manufacturing, MICEX Telecom and MICEX Oil and Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the MICEX Mining, MICEX Power and MICEX Oil and Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 1.15%, while the MICEX index declined 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the RTSI were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN), which rose 5.50% or 14.85 points to trade at 285.00 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) added 5.40% or 0.720 points to end at 14.050 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 4.34% or 9.45 points to 227.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which lost 11.73% or 5.26 points to trade at 39.59 in late trade. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 5.44% or 9.50 points to end at 165.20 and Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) shed 3.92% or 5.64 points to 138.18.
The top performers on the MICEX were Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which rose 5.50% to 285.00, AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) which was up 5.40% to settle at 14.050 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) which gained 4.34% to close at 227.30.
The worst performers were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) which was down 11.73% to 39.59 in late trade, Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) which lost 5.44% to settle at 165.20 and Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) which was down 3.92% to 138.18 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 55 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.20 to $1274.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.29% or 0.62 to hit $48.86 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.03 to trade at $54.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.25% to 68.475, while EUR/RUB fell 0.62% to 77.669.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.82.