Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.92% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.530 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.85% or 0.040 points to end at 1.080 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 2.24% or 1.50 points to 68.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which lost 3.36% or 25.00 points to trade at 736.01 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.09% or 0.010 points to end at 0.910 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) shed 0.47% or 0.03 points to 6.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 15 and 58 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.03% or 0.55 to $52.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.63% or 0.35 to hit $55.14 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.07% or 12.95 to trade at $1217.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.77% to 337.970, while USD/NGN fell 3.94% to 305.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 100.20.