Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Severstal - ao (MCX:CHMF), which rose 1.59% or 9.30 points to trade at 594.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) added 1.46% or 2.20 points to end at 153.00 and Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) was up 1.39% or 2.00 points to 146.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 3.53% or 412.0 points to trade at 11268.0 at the close. LSR (MCX:LSRG) declined 3.49% or 21.0 points to end at 581.0 and Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was down 3.08% or 1.52 points to 47.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 104 to 79 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 2.22% to 36.380.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.42% or 4.90 to $1178.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.10% or 1.25 to hit $58.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.27% or 1.44 to trade at $61.83 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 1.18% to 55.480, while EUR/RUB rose 1.43% to 62.164.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.30.