Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia declined 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were VTB (MCX:VTBR), which rose 2.37% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.0434 at the close. Meanwhile, Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) added 1.43% or 0.82 points to end at 58.10 and FSK EES (MCX:FEES) was up 1.25% or 0.0022 points to 0.1814 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which fell 4.00% or 1.300 points to trade at 31.200 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) declined 3.62% or 79.0 points to end at 2101.0 and Rostelecom (MCX:RTKM) was down 2.21% or 1.86 points to 82.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 122 to 103 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.00% or 1.300 to 31.200.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 0.25% to 19.740.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1426.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.19% or 0.66 to hit $56.29 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 0.90 to trade at $63.37 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.10% to 63.0895, while EUR/RUB rose 0.11% to 70.7675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.903.