Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.97% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 0.85% or 0.20 points to end at 23.71 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 0.68% or 0.67 points to 99.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 5.00% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.950 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 3.98% or 0.09 points to end at 2.15 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 4.17% or 0.25 points to 5.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 19 and 56 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.66% or 1.27 to $46.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.94% or 1.49 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.01% or 12.00 to trade at $1171.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.05% to 225.560, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.98.