Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index down 0.51%

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

At the close in Moscow, the fell 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the were Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:), which rose 3.22% or 0.81 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:) added 2.16% or 0.20 points to end at 9.46 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:) was up 0.83% or 1.85 points to 223.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:), which fell 4.82% or 0.74 points to trade at 14.54 at the close. AK ALROSA PJSC (MCX:) declined 3.69% or 2.15 points to end at 56.11 and ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) was down 3.67% or 128.00 points to 3,357.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 162 to 88 and 4 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.02% to 37.33.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.61% or 16.90 to $2,731.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.29% or 1.00 to hit $76.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.94 to trade at $79.85 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.63% to 101.00, while EUR/RUB fell 0.02% to 105.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.18% at 107.91.