Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 0.78% or 0.11 points to trade at 14.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 0.10% or 0.12 points to end at 121.02 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 24.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 5.06% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.50 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 129.20 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 4.87% or 0.25 points to 4.88.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 19 to 12 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.24% or 0.46 to $36.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.63% or 0.23 to hit $37.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.36% or 14.40 to trade at $1074.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.01% to 216.710, while USD/NGN fell 0.24% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 99.14.