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 declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.13% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.670 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 1.69% or 0.01 points to end at 0.59 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 1.04% or 0.04 points to 3.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 4.46% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.070 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 3.70% or 0.04 points to end at 1.04 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 1.98% or 0.060 points to 2.960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 10 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.60% or 0.76 to $46.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.52% or 0.76 to hit $49.39 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1326.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.72% to 352.760, while USD/NGN rose 0.00% to 315.515.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.64.