Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.18%

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining , Telecoms and Power sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ), which rose 1.92% or 1.46 points to trade at 77.62 at the close. Surgut-pref (MCX: SNGS_p ) added 1.53% or 0.600 points to end at 39.770 and Aeroflot (MCX: AFLT ) was up 1.49% or 1.56 points to 106.22 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NK Rosneft PAO (MCX: ROSN ), which lost 1.54% or 6.70 points to trade at 427.90 in late trade. NLMK ao (MCX: NLMK ) declined 1.48% or 2.28 points to end at 152.22 and MMK (MCX: MAGN ) shed 1.38% or 0.630 points to 44.970.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 100 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.04% to 24.490.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1290.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.48% or 0.25 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.46 to trade at $60.02 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.12% to 66.9755, while EUR/RUB rose 0.18% to 76.8404.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.157.