Investing.com – Russia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms , Power and Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index lost 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ), which unchanged 0.12% or 0.00 points to trade at 1.73 at the close. Meanwhile, NOVATEK PJSC (MCX: NVTK ) added 0.05% or 0.60 points to end at 1,115.60 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rostelekom PJSC (MCX: RTKM ), which fell 5.82% or 3.45 points to trade at 55.79 at the close. AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX: AFKS ) declined 2.92% or 0.45 points to end at 14.90 and Novolipetsk Steel (MCX: NLMK ) was down 2.75% or 3.72 points to 131.34.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 177 to 70 and 7 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: AGRODR ) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.35% to 60.31.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.56% or 18.18 to $3,226.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $61.60 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.12 to trade at $64.88 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.20% to 82.24, while EUR/RUB fell 1.24% to 93.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 99.44.