Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 6.67% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 4.53% or 0.71 points to end at 16.38 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 3.13% or 0.40 points to 13.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.99% or 1.20 points to trade at 22.84 at the close. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 4.14% or 0.12 points to end at 2.78 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 2.53% or 0.02 points to 0.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 20 to 15 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.53% or 0.22 to $41.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.31 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.69% or 8.70 to trade at $1245.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.13% to 224.310, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 199.070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 95.39.