Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 3.23% or 0.85 points to trade at 27.15 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 2.74% or 19.99 points to end at 750.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.51% or 0.09 points to 3.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 4.99% or 3.32 points to trade at 63.18 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 3.50% or 0.49 points to end at 13.30 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 3.49% or 0.030 points to 0.830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 13 and 57 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.51% or 0.25 to $49.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.95 to trade at $1233.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.28% to 329.480, while USD/NGN fell 2.28% to 310.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.16.