Russia shares lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 0.58%
Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining , Power and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Rostelecom (MCX: RTKM ), which rose 5.22% or 3.67 points to trade at 73.95 at the close. PIK (MCX: PIKK ) added 4.27% or 13.60 points to end at 331.80 and Tatneft-3 (MCX: TATN ) was up 2.44% or 16.00 points to 672.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sberbank Rossii OAO Pref (MCX: SBER_p ), which lost 6.06% or 11.60 points to trade at 179.90 in late trade. Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX: SBER ) declined 5.56% or 11.92 points to end at 202.51 and SG mechel (MCX: MTLR ) shed 3.62% or 3.60 points to 95.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 97 and 22 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.77% to 24.260.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 3.00 to $1267.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.69% or 0.47 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.61% or 1.21 to trade at $74.11 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.03% to 62.8992, while EUR/RUB rose 0.33% to 73.5643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.04.
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