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 fell 0.65% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 11.59 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 2.32% or 0.09 points to end at 3.88 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.88% or 0.29 points to 15.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 4.94% or 6.17 points to trade at 118.75 in late trade. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 4.49% or 0.80 points to end at 16.95 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 2.02% or 0.14 points to 6.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 15 and 76 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.73% or 0.93 to $52.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.96% or 1.11 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.05 to trade at $1224.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.18% to 334.950, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.98.