Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.35%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR ), which rose 2.84% or 14.05 points to trade at 508.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:SNGS ) added 2.20% or 0.57 points to end at 26.23 and Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p ) was up 1.83% or 1.00 points to 55.28 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:RTKM ), which fell 2.98% or 2.21 points to trade at 71.88 at the close. FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:HYDR ) declined 1.29% or 0.01 points to end at 0.53 and Severstal PJSC (MCX:CHMF ) was down 1.26% or 15.60 points to 1,220.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 182 to 64 and 8 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 2.93% to 32.67.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 5.90 to $2,661.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.91% or 2.91 to hit $77.29 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $81.12 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 96.20, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 105.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 102.26.

Source: Investing.com