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

Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Oil&Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which lost 3.26% or 11.80 points to trade at 349.80 in late trade. 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) shed 2.43% or 82.00 points to 3,298.00.

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

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

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 11.70 to $2,656.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $71.98 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.