Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 6.24% or 1.43 points to trade at 22.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 5.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.630 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 2.42% or 0.030 points to 1.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 5.00% or 14.00 points to trade at 266.00 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.99% or 1.84 points to end at 35.03 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 4.99% or 3.57 points to 67.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 54 to 28 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.61% or 0.74 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.33% or 0.65 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.70% or 21.06 to trade at $1221.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.08% to 358.600, while USD/NGN fell 9.93% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 95.92.