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 gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 4.53% or 1.75 points to trade at 40.40 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.45% or 0.350 points to end at 10.500 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.91% or 3.00 points to 106.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.81% or 1.05 points to trade at 20.80 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.76% or 0.70 points to end at 14.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.50% or 0.25 points to 5.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 58 to 31 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.53% or 1.01 to $64.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.65% or 1.27 to hit $75.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1297.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.10% to 421.980, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.02.