Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Megion (MCX:MFGS), which rose 1.61% or 10.0 points to trade at 630.0 at the close. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) added 0.54% or 4.00 points to end at 742.50 and Tatneft OAO Pref (MCX:TATN_p) was up 0.10% or 0.20 points to 205.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which lost 5.99% or 0.0114 points to trade at 0.1790 in late trade. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 5.72% or 11400 points to end at 187750 and Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) shed 5.00% or 0.0497 points to 0.9435.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 57 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.12% to 24.730.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.49% or 6.15 to $1254.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.35 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.11% to 56.9550, while EUR/RUB rose 0.73% to 61.957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.