Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.58%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia lost 0.58%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX: AFKS ), which rose 2.75% or 0.225 points to trade at 8.420 at the close. Magnit (MCX: MGNT ) added 2.01% or 70.0 points to end at 3560.0 and Polymetal International PLC (MCX: POLY ) was up 1.82% or 10.50 points to 589.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NK RussNeft PAO (MCX: RNFT ), which lost 3.90% or 23.2 points to trade at 572.0 in late trade. Severstal - ao (MCX: CHMF ) declined 2.55% or 27.00 points to end at 1030.00 and MMK (MCX: MAGN ) shed 2.30% or 1.130 points to 47.935.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 100 and 19 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.57% to 27.510.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 7.80 to $1229.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $80.47 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.68% to 65.6660, while EUR/RUB fell 0.43% to 76.1000.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.69.