Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.43% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.160 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 5.00% or 0.080 points to end at 1.680 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 2.00% or 2.00 points to 102.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 4.66% or 11.00 points to trade at 234.88 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 3.79% or 1.95 points to end at 49.50 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 3.26% or 0.62 points to 18.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 38 to 32 and 22 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.64% or 1.47 to $57.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.84% or 1.76 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.04% or 13.17 to trade at $1282.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.47% to 417.340, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 356.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.70.