Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR), which rose 2.28% or 59.0 points to trade at 2648.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI) added 2.24% or 0.0155 points to end at 0.7081 and E.ON Rossiya OAO (MCX:UPRO) was up 1.84% or 0.0500 points to 2.7730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which fell 5.00% or 1.800 points to trade at 34.200 at the close. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 2.23% or 211.0 points to end at 9250.0 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 2.13% or 1.500 points to 69.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 118 to 99 and 14 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 4.14% to 31.970.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.25 to $1328.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.69% or 0.79 to hit $45.86 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 0.81 to trade at $46.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.95% to 62.9047, while EUR/RUB fell 0.40% to 69.616.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.58.