Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.46% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.170 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 1.60% or 0.09 points to end at 5.70 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 1.09% or 0.010 points to 0.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.97% or 0.93 points to trade at 17.80 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 0.94% or 0.030 points to end at 3.150 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) shed 0.71% or 1.00 points to 140.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 13 and 58 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.31% or 1.02 to $45.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.47% or 0.69 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.35 to trade at $1330.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.10% to 346.640, while USD/NGN rose 1.73% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.74.