Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.19% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.37% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.920 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 1.88% or 0.07 points to end at 3.80 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 0.70% or 0.03 points to 4.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 4.94% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.16 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.64% or 0.020 points to end at 0.530 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 1.90% or 0.30 points to 15.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 13 and 59 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.03% or 1.87 to $48.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.10% or 1.92 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.35 to trade at $1213.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.09% to 335.190, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 316.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 101.09.