Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 3.53% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.880 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 2.07% or 0.050 points to end at 2.470 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 0.48% or 0.50 points to 103.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.89% or 1.10 points to trade at 21.40 in late trade. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.48% or 0.30 points to end at 6.40 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 4.44% or 0.80 points to 17.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.23% or 0.86 to $70.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.66% or 1.24 to hit $76.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1314.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.42% to 429.020, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.58.