Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 9.52% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.920 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 4.11% or 10.65 points to end at 265.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 0.64% or 0.020 points to 3.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 4.38% or 0.28 points to trade at 6.12 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 2.04% or 2.55 points to end at 122.60 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 1.33% or 0.20 points to 14.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 8 and 69 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.24% or 0.65 to $52.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.98% or 0.54 to hit $55.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1254.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 2.20% to 333.230, while USD/NGN fell 0.32% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.94.