Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 10.11% or 25.35 points to trade at 276.15 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 4.83% or 0.28 points to end at 6.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.47% or 0.09 points to 3.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 80.33 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.22% or 1.80 points to end at 42.55 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 3.51% or 0.020 points to 0.550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 15 and 69 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.54% or 0.28 to $51.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.49 to hit $54.95 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.10 to trade at $1168.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.15% to 336.700, while USD/NGN fell 0.44% to 315.120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 100.39.