Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the MOEX Metals and Mining, MOEX Telecommunication and MOEX Oil and Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 2.07% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR), which rose 2.49% or 13.45 points to trade at 553.45 at the close. Unipro (MCX:UPRO) unchanged 0.06% or 0.00 points to end at 1.76 and Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR), which fell 6.85% or 6.83 points to trade at 92.82 in late trade. Magnit (MCX:MGNT) declined 5.23% or 325.00 points to end at 5,890.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) down 4.61% or 1.81 points to 37.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 192 to 57 and 3 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
Shares in Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) fell to all time highs; losing 6.85% or 6.83 to 92.82.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.70% to 33.52 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 6.70 to $2,427.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $80.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $84.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 88.35, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 96.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.95.