Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.87% or 0.35 points to trade at 7.54 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 3.54% or 49.92 points to end at 1440.05 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 3.30% or 0.66 points to 20.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 4.82% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.370 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.63% or 0.81 points to end at 16.70 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 3.87% or 0.89 points to 22.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 43 to 23 and 22 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.03% or 0.59 to $57.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.08% or 1.32 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1247.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.45% to 424.490, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.