Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 5.00% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.470 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 4.87% or 0.28 points to end at 6.03 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 3.14% or 0.80 points to 26.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 3.77% or 0.90 points to trade at 23.00 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 1.96% or 0.010 points to end at 0.500 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 1.75% or 0.020 points to 1.090.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 35 and 19 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.97% or 0.50 to $51.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.17% or 0.67 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.66 to trade at $1305.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.21% to 424.860, while USD/NGN rose 1.45% to 360.645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.99.