Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 5.38% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.89 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 1.89% or 0.030 points to end at 1.620 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 1.01% or 0.35 points to 36.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 5.38% or 1.00 points to trade at 17.50 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 5.00% or 0.35 points to end at 6.67 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 4.88% or 0.060 points to 1.170.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 15 and 47 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.70% or 1.54 to $40.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.38% or 1.47 to hit $42.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.25 to trade at $1359.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.99% to 357.540, while USD/NGN fell 1.24% to 318.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.66.