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 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 4.76% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.66 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.07% or 0.120 points to end at 3.070 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 2.11% or 0.09 points to 4.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.89% or 0.93 points to trade at 18.06 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 1.74% or 0.020 points to end at 1.130 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) shed 1.13% or 1.64 points to 143.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 18 and 40 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.89% or 0.39 to $44.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.98% or 0.45 to hit $46.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.95 to trade at $1317.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.73% to 351.860, while USD/NGN rose 1.90% to 321.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.74.