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 fell 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 9.09% or 19.70 points to trade at 236.50 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 3.79% or 0.050 points to end at 1.370 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 3.42% or 0.89 points to 26.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 4.21% or 3.43 points to trade at 78.70 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 3.15% or 1.30 points to end at 40.03 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) shed 2.97% or 1.20 points to 39.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 50 to 20 and 19 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.13% or 1.50 to $46.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.10% or 0.57 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.20% or 15.54 to trade at $1313.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.71% to 432.130, while USD/NGN rose 1.69% to 361.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.14.