Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which rose 4.28% or 3.02 points to trade at 73.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 3.87% or 0.0625 points to end at 1.6795 and Gruppa Cherkizovo ao (MCX:GCHE) was up 2.41% or 22.0 points to 934.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTA), which fell 3.08% or 14 points to trade at 441 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) declined 2.91% or 0.0023 points to end at 0.0753 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was down 2.38% or 64.0 points to 2630.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 111 to 106 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.28% or 3.02 to 73.53. Shares in Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.87% or 0.0625 to 1.6795.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.38% to 34.090 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.80% or 10.00 to $1244.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.22 to hit $41.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.14 to trade at $41.34 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.62% to 67.9485, while EUR/RUB fell 0.69% to 76.390.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.34.