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 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 4.02% or 0.0066 points to trade at 0.1720 at the close. Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 2.94% or 0.0300 points to end at 1.0500 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 2.36% or 0.0850 points to 3.6850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY), which lost 4.95% or 34.50 points to trade at 662.50 in late trade. ANK Bashneft OAO Pref (MCX:BANE_p) declined 2.67% or 38.0 points to end at 1385.0 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) shed 2.45% or 30.00 points to 1195.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 113 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 3.04% to 30.840 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.05 to $1225.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.26% or 0.98 to hit $42.43 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 0.97 to trade at $43.78 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.85% to 66.3200, while EUR/RUB fell 0.33% to 71.277.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 99.93.