Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 2.50% or 0.080 points to trade at 3.280 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 2.15% or 1.00 points to end at 47.50 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 0.58% or 0.30 points to 52.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 8.00% or 2.00 points to trade at 24.20 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 4.88% or 0.600 points to end at 11.700 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 4.16% or 58.20 points to 1380.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 31 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.22% or 0.75 to $62.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.00% or 0.65 to hit $65.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.50 to trade at $1349.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.47% to 447.880, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.13.