Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 9.54% or 7.40 points to trade at 83.00 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 4.10% or 0.25 points to end at 6.30 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.05% or 0.08 points to 3.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.98% or 1.97 points to trade at 37.60 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.44% or 0.040 points to end at 0.860 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 3.77% or 0.020 points to 0.520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 16 and 52 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.40% or 4.50 to trade at $1141.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.19% to 328.580, while USD/NGN rose 0.01% to 315.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 102.75.