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 1.15% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 3.72% or 8.80 points to trade at 245.40 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 12.00 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1385.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 8.45% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.650 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 8.03% or 4.80 points to end at 54.70 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 7.24% or 3.20 points to 41.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 28 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.19% or 1.36 to $63.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.21% or 1.48 to hit $68.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.20 to trade at $1340.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.27% to 441.830, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.56.