Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, 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 Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.93% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.90 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 4.09% or 0.54 points to end at 13.50 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 3.70% or 0.030 points to 0.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which lost 1.59% or 0.29 points to trade at 17.38 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 6.69 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 12 and 64 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.16% or 0.08 to $48.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1203.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.57% to 335.770, while USD/NGN fell 0.40% to 315.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.18.