Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 1.30% or 3.00 points to trade at 233.00 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 0.48% or 0.11 points to end at 23.11 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.40% or 0.04 points to 9.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 3.77% or 1.94 points to trade at 49.51 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 3.42% or 4.92 points to end at 136.85 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 3.10% or 39.99 points to 1250.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 48 to 27 and 24 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $56.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.25 to trade at $1278.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.10% to 419.430, while USD/NGN rose 0.42% to 357.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.48.