Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 2.04% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 5.00% or 0.70 points to end at 14.70 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 4.92% or 0.030 points to 0.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 3.25% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.45 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 3.00% or 45.00 points to end at 1455.00 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 1.67% or 0.010 points to 0.590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 53 to 23 and 20 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.18% or 0.11 to $61.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.60 to trade at $1317.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.83% to 430.900, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 92.04.