Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 2.43% or 223.0 points to trade at 9413.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NMTP (MCX:NMTP) added 1.95% or 0.1450 points to end at 7.5650 and Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya OAO (MCX:TRMK) was up 0.69% or 0.52 points to 75.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which fell 3.48% or 0.0064 points to trade at 0.1774 at the close. MMK (MCX:MAGN) declined 3.41% or 1.095 points to end at 31.005 and Megion (MCX:MFGS) was down 3.17% or 19.0 points to 580.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 74 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in NMTP (MCX:NMTP) rose to all time highs; rising 1.95% or 0.1450 to 7.5650.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.38% to 23.710.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.80 to $1259.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.85% or 0.43 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.31 to trade at $53.92 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.60% to 56.5824, while EUR/RUB fell 0.08% to 63.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.88.