Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.28% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 2.39% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.95 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.45% or 0.40 points to end at 28.00 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.29% or 0.15 points to 11.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 7.15% or 17.60 points to trade at 228.50 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 5.00% or 2.65 points to end at 50.35 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 4.88% or 0.040 points to 0.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 62 to 23 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.30 to $62.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1317.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.34% to 442.900, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.43.