Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the MOEX Oil and Gas, MOEX Electric Utilities and MOEX Telecommunication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 2.84% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 4,071.20 at the close. X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 and Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) was down 0.57% or 3.70 points to 646.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR), which fell 7.64% or 359.00 points to trade at 4,338.00 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 6.18% or 3.43 points to end at 52.04 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) down 6.01% or 1.30 points to 20.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 232 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.29% to 28.13.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.50 to $2,429.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.58% or 1.22 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $79.17 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 86.39, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 93.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.34.