Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 5.00% or 6.90 points to trade at 144.91 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.71% or 0.14 points to end at 5.31 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 2.27% or 0.03 points to 1.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 4.71% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.81 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 1.53% or 1.48 points to end at 96.60 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 0.88% or 0.010 points to 1.130.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 26 to 16 and 44 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.51% or 1.11 to $43.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.23% or 1.03 to hit $45.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1328.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.74% to 335.980, while USD/NGN rose 1.35% to 300.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.32.