Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 4.84% or 0.78 points to trade at 16.89 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.17% or 0.060 points to end at 1.500 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.16% or 0.30 points to 9.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 9.75% or 5.46 points to trade at 50.55 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.55% or 0.050 points to end at 1.050 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 4.49% or 11.00 points to 234.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 42 to 27 and 22 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.33 to hit $57.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.78 to trade at $1282.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.53% to 422.810, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.77.