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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index declined 1.27%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX: RUAL ), which rose 2.01% or 0.83 points to trade at 42.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeroflot PJSC (MCX: AFLT ) added 1.73% or 1.28 points to end at 75.10 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX: T ) was up 1.38% or 46.60 points to 3,414.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unipro PJSC (MCX: UPRO ), which fell 5.39% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.10 at the close. Rostelekom PJSC (MCX: RTKM ) declined 2.08% or 1.51 points to end at 71.04 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX: MAGN ) was down 2.05% or 0.84 points to 40.07.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.54% to 49.90.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 12.50 to $2,914.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.02% or 0.68 to hit $67.04 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.90 to trade at $70.36 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.04% to 89.06, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 97.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.81.