Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 4.76% or 0.65 points to trade at 14.30 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.85% or 0.05 points to end at 1.35 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 2.17% or 0.02 points to 0.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 3.77% or 4.00 points to trade at 102.10 in late trade. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 3.49% or 0.40 points to end at 11.31 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 1.63% or 0.06 points to 3.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 10 to 8 and 35 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.13% or 0.47 to $41.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1234.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.27% to 225.020, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 94.42.