Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 2.06%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index fell 2.06% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p ), which rose 1.34% or 0.78 points to trade at 58.78 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK ) was down 0.02% or 0.20 points to 822.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR ), which fell 9.23% or 284.00 points to trade at 2,793.50 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL ) declined 7.96% or 2.95 points to end at 34.15 and Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR ) was down 5.37% or 3.98 points to 70.07.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 231 to 20 and 4 ended unchanged.

Shares in NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.02% or 0.20 to 822.60. Shares in Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR ) fell to all time lows; down 5.37% or 3.98 to 70.07.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 5.60% to 58.29 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 3.11% or 85.10 to $2,652.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.06% or 2.18 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.73% or 2.04 to trade at $72.59 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.29% to 103.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.43% to 109.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 106.84.

Source: Investing.com