Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which rose 3.34% or 361.0 points to trade at 11171.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NLMK ao (MCX:NLMK) added 2.45% or 3.65 points to end at 152.89 and Gruppa LSR PAO (MCX:LSRG) was up 2.25% or 18.5 points to 839.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 4.96% or 222.0 points to trade at 4251.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) declined 2.34% or 17.5 points to end at 730.0 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was down 1.86% or 0.0705 points to 3.7215.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 106 to 105 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magnit (MCX:MGNT) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.96% or 222.0 to 4251.0.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.25% to 21.750.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.45% or 6.10 to $1350.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.35% or 0.83 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.73 to trade at $65.57 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.07% to 56.3495, while EUR/RUB fell 0.17% to 69.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.13.