Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.01% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.21% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.94 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.44% or 0.04 points to end at 1.68 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.30% or 0.20 points to 15.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 6.16% or 1.67 points to trade at 25.46 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.61% or 1.84 points to end at 41.79 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 4.17% or 0.040 points to 0.970.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 38 to 20 and 46 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.51% or 0.63 to $42.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.81% or 0.36 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.64% or 6.80 to trade at $1063.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.30% to 210.650, while USD/NGN rose 0.06% to 199.175.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 100.31.