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 declined 2.07% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the were Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:), which rose 2.49% or 13.45 points to trade at 553.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipro (MCX:) unchanged 0.06% or 0.00 points to end at 1.76 and Yandex NV (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4,071.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank VTB PAO (MCX:), which fell 6.85% or 6.83 points to trade at 92.82 at the close. Magnit (MCX:) declined 5.23% or 325.00 points to end at 5,890.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) was down 4.61% or 1.81 points to 37.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 192 to 57 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank VTB PAO (MCX:) fell to all time highs; down 6.85% or 6.83 to 92.82.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 1.70% to 33.52 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 6.70 to $2,427.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $80.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $84.93 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 88.35, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 96.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.95.
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