Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 22.60 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 4.85 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 32.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 9.52% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.95 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 5.21% or 5.47 points to end at 99.99 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 5.13% or 0.200 points to 3.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 31 to 9 and 53 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.47% or 0.23 to $48.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.30 to hit $50.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.05% or 14.00 to trade at $1353.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.00% to 314.500, while USD/NGN rose 0.07% to 282.685.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.61.