Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Akron (MCX:AKRN), which rose 4.13% or 153.0 points to trade at 3857.0 at the close. ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) added 1.57% or 1.160 points to end at 75.210 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was up 1.57% or 1.12 points to 72.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Detskiy Mir PAO (MCX:DSKY), which lost 2.36% or 2.50 points to trade at 103.50 in late trade. GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) declined 1.94% or 0.0165 points to end at 0.8335 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) shed 1.47% or 2.40 points to 161.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 106 and 18 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 3.38% to 19.430 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.38 to $1278.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.40% to 59.4459, while EUR/RUB rose 0.28% to 69.2600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.47.