Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 0.09% or 0.12 points to trade at 137.14 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 5.51 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 6.28% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.090 in late trade. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 4.95% or 0.78 points to end at 14.97 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.94% or 0.27 points to 5.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 15 and 56 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.44% or 0.70 to $49.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.19% or 0.59 to hit $50.23 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.85 to trade at $1247.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.08% to 225.850, while USD/NGN rose 0.09% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 93.85.