Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 1.51% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.46% or 0.43 points to trade at 10.08 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 3.11% or 1.01 points to end at 33.05 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 1.77% or 0.68 points to 39.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 3.39% or 0.59 points to trade at 16.80 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 2.74% or 0.020 points to end at 0.710 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 2.73% or 0.60 points to 21.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 41 to 32 and 21 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.25% or 0.57 to $46.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $48.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.44 to trade at $1255.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.16% to 366.510, while USD/NGN fell 10.36% to 314.650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.86.