Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 4.17% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 1.83% or 0.020 points to end at 1.110 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.68% or 0.10 points to 14.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 7.94% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.60 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 7.12% or 1.00 points to end at 12.90 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 6.65% or 1.85 points to 25.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 26 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $65.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $72.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 10.60 to trade at $1194.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.19% to 413.760, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.87.