Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.86% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 1.89% or 4.00 points to trade at 216.00 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 0.47% or 0.05 points to end at 10.75 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.30% or 0.05 points to 16.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 5.11% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.300 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 5.00% or 5.00 points to end at 95.00 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 4.95% or 2.35 points to 45.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 76 to 21 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.08% or 1.41 to $66.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.48% or 1.13 to hit $75.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.20 to trade at $1297.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.44% to 419.670, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.36.