Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 8.33% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.910 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 5.00% or 0.160 points to end at 3.350 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 4.35% or 1.00 points to 22.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 5.00% or 0.42 points to trade at 7.98 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.99% or 2.84 points to end at 54.06 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was down 4.56% or 0.97 points to 20.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 40 to 37 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.33% or 0.070 to 0.910. Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.00% or 0.160 to 3.350.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.56% or 0.36 to $64.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.23 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.90 to trade at $1340.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.37% to 441.820, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 90.17.