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 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the MICEX were FSK EES (MCX:FEES), which rose 2.13% or 0.0018 points to trade at 0.0848 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharmstandard JSC (MCX:PHST) added 2.00% or 20.0 points to end at 1020.0 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) was up 1.74% or 220.0 points to 12890.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which fell 2.07% or 225.0 points to trade at 10655.0 at the close. AK Transneft OAO Pref (MCX:TRNF_p) declined 2.06% or 3800 points to end at 180700 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was down 2.03% or 1.430 points to 68.930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 123 to 94 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in FSK EES (MCX:FEES) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.13% or 0.0018 to 0.0848.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 0.14% to 36.740.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.00 to $1218.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.28 to hit $39.18 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.41 to trade at $40.62 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 68.4536, while EUR/RUB fell 0.27% to 76.695.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.96.