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 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the were PIK (MCX:), which rose 2.72% or 26.00 points to trade at 932.70 at the close. Meanwhile, ALROSA ao (MCX:) added 2.20% or 1.57 points to end at 72.20 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) was up 2.11% or 0.16 points to 7.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:), which fell 1.37% or 2.44 points to trade at 174.18 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:) declined 1.04% or 0.25 points to end at 23.76 and Unipro (MCX:) was down 1.03% or 0.02 points to 1.91.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 142 to 100 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in PIK (MCX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.72% or 26.00 to 932.70.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 3.92% to 25.74 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.69% or 16.00 to $2,347.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.26% or 1.02 to hit $81.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $85.19 a barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 88.00, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 94.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 105.14.
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