Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 6.58% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 4.97% or 9.60 points to end at 202.90 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 4.46% or 0.25 points to 5.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 5.00% or 2.75 points to trade at 52.25 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.58% or 0.95 points to end at 19.80 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 3.90% or 0.030 points to 0.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 54 to 45 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.58% or 0.95 to 19.80.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.70% or 0.46 to $66.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.33% or 0.25 to hit $76.71 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1304.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.40% to 424.200, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.56.