Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK), which rose 3.42% or 2.98 points to trade at 90.02 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) added 2.92% or 0.830 points to end at 29.280 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was up 2.52% or 2.92 points to 118.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgut (MCX:SNGS), which lost 2.40% or 0.695 points to trade at 28.230 in late trade. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) declined 2.15% or 26.00 points to end at 1186.00 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) shed 2.00% or 18.0 points to 880.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 112 and 21 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.04% to 24.760.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1256.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.27% or 0.64 to hit $49.71 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.61 to trade at $51.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.16% to 63.0738, while EUR/RUB rose 0.42% to 69.348.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 97.89.