Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 2.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 3.04% or 0.46 points to trade at 15.50 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.92% or 0.50 points to end at 26.89 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 261.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 9.00% or 0.090 points to trade at 0.910 in late trade. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 5.68% or 1.03 points to end at 17.10 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 5.49% or 0.220 points to 3.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 41 to 10 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.76% or 1.32 to $49.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.58% or 1.31 to hit $52.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.71 to trade at $1230.41 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.98% to 355.970, while USD/NGN fell 0.87% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 98.79.