Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.09%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining , Oil & Gas and Power sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR ), which rose 2.20% or 27.00 points to trade at 1,253.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM ) added 1.58% or 0.10 points to end at 6.50 and Sberbank Rossii PJSC (MCX:SBER ) was up 0.14% or 0.38 points to 268.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO ), which fell 3.26% or 11.80 points to trade at 349.80 at the close. FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR ) declined 3.00% or 0.02 points to end at 0.54 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR ) was down 2.43% or 82.00 points to 3,298.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 96 and 9 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.48% to 30.25.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 11.70 to $2,656.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $68.29 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.96 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.01% to 93.00, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 103.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.50.

Source: Investing.com