Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.86% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 1.13% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.35 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 0.66% or 0.020 points to end at 3.070 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 0.51% or 0.09 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.37% or 0.72 points to trade at 15.80 in late trade. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 4.16% or 0.63 points to end at 14.50 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 3.51% or 0.02 points to 0.56.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 10 and 60 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.44% or 1.06 to $42.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.35% or 1.05 to hit $43.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.39% or 4.80 to trade at $1219.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.74% to 340.260, while USD/NGN fell 0.20% to 315.375.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.14% at 100.12.