Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 2.60% or 0.585 points to trade at 23.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Bashneft ANK ao (MCX:BANE) added 1.85% or 63.5 points to end at 3500.0 and MTS (MCX:MTSS) was up 1.26% or 3.50 points to 281.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which fell 5.75% or 0.0712 points to trade at 1.1668 at the close. FSK EES (MCX:FEES) declined 4.80% or 0.0121 points to end at 0.2399 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) was down 2.51% or 0.0700 points to 2.7200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 100 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in MTS (MCX:MTSS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.26% or 3.50 to 281.00.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.57% to 24.550.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1239.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $53.97 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.30 to trade at $56.11 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.74% to 57.9975, while EUR/RUB fell 0.25% to 61.582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.85.