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 declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 3.76% or 0.0026 points to trade at 0.0710 at the close. Meanwhile, Sollers (MCX:SVAV) added 3.37% or 15.0 points to end at 460.0 and Polyus Gold International Ltd (MCX:PGIL) was up 1.95% or 2.80 points to 146.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 3.92% or 4890 points to trade at 120010 at the close. Uralkaliy (MCX:URKA) declined 3.57% or 5.60 points to end at 151.30 and Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) was down 3.12% or 67.0 points to 2081.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 94 to 85 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in VTB (MCX:VTBR) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.76% or 0.0026 to 0.0710.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 4.31% to 32.170.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1227.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $60.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.56 to trade at $66.25 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.72% to 49.116, while EUR/RUB fell 1.60% to 55.807.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.73% at 93.97.