Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.64% or 0.26 points to trade at 5.86 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 4.62% or 0.18 points to end at 4.09 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 3.48% or 0.040 points to 1.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which lost 3.61% or 0.15 points to trade at 4.00 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 3.15% or 0.04 points to end at 1.23 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 1.61% or 0.010 points to 0.610.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 11 and 61 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.81% or 1.38 to $47.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.87% or 1.46 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.75 to trade at $1343.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.89% to 389.130, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 346.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.54.