Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 2.90% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 10.12% or 0.650 points to trade at 7.070 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 9.24% or 0.110 points to end at 1.300 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 9.01% or 0.100 points to 1.210 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 2.84% or 4.55 points to trade at 155.50 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 1.40% or 0.27 points to end at 19.30 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 4.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 44 to 13 and 54 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.38% or 0.18 to $47.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.26 to trade at $1282.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.22% to 353.870, while USD/NGN fell 0.31% to 323.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.73.