Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 3.28% or 2.80 points to trade at 88.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 3.27% or 1.60 points to end at 50.50 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was up 2.76% or 0.0021 points to 0.0781 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RusHydro JSC (MCX:HYDR), which fell 4.65% or 0.0287 points to trade at 0.5891 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 4.56% or 0.939 points to end at 19.671 and Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) was down 4.00% or 7.30 points to 175.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 117 to 90 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.28% or 2.80 to 88.20.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 8.32% to 36.470.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.64% or 7.40 to $1163.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.32% or 1.65 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.17% or 1.68 to trade at $51.23 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.04% to 61.749, while EUR/RUB rose 0.58% to 70.256.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 94.76.