Stocks in Russia fall at the close of transactions; MOEX Russia down 3.90% By Investing.com

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, it fell 3.90% to hit a new 52-week low.

The best performers of the session were Gazprom PAO (MCX: ), which rose 0.49% or 0.60 points to trade at 123.57 at the close. Meanwhile, The HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX: ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX: ) was flat 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,798.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were FSK EES (MCX: ), which fell 11.00% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.08 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX: ) declined 10.29% or 0.67 points to end at 5.87 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX: ) declined 8.15% or 37.40 points to 421.60.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 237 to 16.

Shares in FSK EES (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.00% or 0.01 to 0.08. Shares of Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.29% or 0.67 to 5.87. Shares of Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.15% or 37.40 to 421.60.

which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, rose 0.91% to 39.00, a new 52-week high.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.16%, or 4.10, to $2,531.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 0.67%, or 0.49, to $74.04 a barrel, while the November Brent crude contract rose 0.47% or 0.36, to 77.29 dollars per barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.01% at 89.79, while EUR/RUB was down 0.02% at 99.42.

US dollar index futures were down 0.05% at 101.57.