Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.93% or 0.45 points to trade at 9.58 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 4.66% or 41.99 points to end at 942.99 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 3.45% or 0.71 points to 21.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 8.82% or 0.54 points to trade at 5.57 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 5.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.570 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 4.97% or 1.69 points to 32.31.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 44 to 35 and 23 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.24 to $44.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.24 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1212.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.02% to 359.100, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 349.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.78.