Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 6.67% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.28 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 4.53% or 0.71 points to end at 16.38 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 3.13% or 0.40 points to 13.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.99% or 1.20 points to trade at 22.84 in late trade. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 4.14% or 0.12 points to end at 2.78 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) shed 2.53% or 0.02 points to 0.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 15 and 59 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.51% or 0.21 to $41.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.24% or 0.10 to hit $41.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.80 to trade at $1245.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.13% to 224.310, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 199.070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 95.39.