Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.05% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 3.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.820 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.77% or 0.38 points to end at 21.89 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 84.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 5.00% or 0.85 points to trade at 16.15 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 3.85% or 0.02 points to end at 0.52 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 2.46% or 0.14 points to 5.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 8 and 62 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.63% or 1.21 to $47.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.36% or 1.14 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.94% or 11.10 to trade at $1189.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.74% to 327.390, while USD/NGN rose 0.32% to 316.000.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.48.