Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 5.00% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.30 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.17% or 0.050 points to end at 1.250 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 3.13% or 0.50 points to 16.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 4.48% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.660 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.77% or 0.020 points to end at 0.520 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 3.27% or 0.88 points to 26.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 41 to 35 and 28 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.75% or 0.85 to $47.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.75% or 0.92 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.58 to trade at $1297.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 6.68% to 423.620, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 92.95.