Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.97% or 9.60 points to trade at 202.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.90% or 0.020 points to end at 0.710 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 1.39% or 0.010 points to 0.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.76% or 0.95 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.27% or 0.050 points to end at 1.480 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.63% or 0.060 points to 2.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 68 to 30 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.76% or 0.95 to 19.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.93% or 0.64 to $67.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.55% or 1.17 to hit $74.15 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1268.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.08% to 419.460, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.99.