Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 3.78% or 0.85 points to trade at 22.55 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 2.57% or 0.45 points to end at 17.25 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 1.69% or 4.10 points to 246.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 4.42% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.150 in late trade. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.23% or 0.30 points to end at 6.90 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 3.23% or 0.030 points to 0.890.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 32 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.53% or 0.95 to $61.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.22% or 0.80 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1319.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.05% to 443.130, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.94.