Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 2.17% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 10.14% or 0.450 points to trade at 4.890 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 5.00% or 1.68 points to end at 35.28 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 4.99% or 0.91 points to 19.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 1.96% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 0.73% or 0.05 points to end at 6.99 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 0.69% or 0.25 points to 34.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.38% or 0.19 to $49.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1266.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 2.91% to 363.480, while USD/NGN fell 3.00% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.33.