Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX declined 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were MVideo (MCX:MVID), which rose 3.81% or 10.30 points to trade at 280.60 at the close. Meanwhile, PhosAgro ao (MCX:PHOR) added 3.61% or 99.0 points to end at 2838.0 and Akron (MCX:AKRN) was up 2.50% or 90.0 points to 3690.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM), which fell 2.68% or 2.57 points to trade at 93.48 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.37% or 4300 points to end at 176800 and VTB (MCX:VTBR) was down 2.35% or 0.0018 points to 0.0735.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 116 to 106 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in MVideo (MCX:MVID) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.81% or 10.30 to 280.60.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.92% to 36.080.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1233.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.77% or 0.32 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.06 to trade at $43.16 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.27% to 66.2239, while EUR/RUB fell 0.14% to 74.899.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.46.