Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Manufacturing and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 3.37% or 3.10 points to trade at 95.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.08% or 25.00 points to end at 838.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) was up 2.83% or 0.619 points to 22.459 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 6.01% or 691.0 points to trade at 10809.0 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) declined 3.56% or 0.0165 points to end at 0.4465 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was down 3.28% or 0.0024 points to 0.0723.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 90 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) rose to all time highs; up 3.37% or 3.10 to 95.10.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 1.01% to 36.980.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1164.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.61% or 0.72 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.48 to trade at $47.51 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.97% to 62.989, while EUR/RUB rose 1.33% to 69.618.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 96.91.