Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia down 1.55%
Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia fell 1.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT), which rose 4.98% or 27.4 points to trade at 577.8 at the close. Meanwhile, NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) added 2.63% or 11.0 points to end at 429.6 and Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) was up 2.05% or 14.4 points to 717.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which fell 3.63% or 1.355 points to trade at 35.945 at the close. Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) declined 3.48% or 5.62 points to end at 155.70 and Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) was down 3.25% or 3.10 points to 92.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 139 to 68 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.25% or 3.10 to 92.40.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.55% to 29.440.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1224.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $79.64 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.40% to 65.2300, while EUR/RUB fell 0.86% to 74.7925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.75.
