Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 1.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG), which rose 3.94% or 25.5 points to trade at 672.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) added 3.02% or 2.38 points to end at 81.18 and Lenta Ltd (MCX:LNTA) was up 2.56% or 11 points to 440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which fell 4.53% or 8200 points to trade at 172800 at the close. Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) declined 3.56% or 11.55 points to end at 313.10 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRO) was down 2.57% or 24 points to 910.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 121 to 85 and 21 ended unchanged.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was up 0.64% to 34.850.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1248.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.24% or 0.60 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.70 to trade at $48.02 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.19% to 66.9103, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 74.973.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.34.