Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.43% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 5.00% or 0.080 points to end at 1.680 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 2.00% or 2.00 points to 102.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 4.66% or 11.00 points to trade at 234.88 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 3.79% or 1.95 points to end at 49.50 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was down 3.26% or 0.62 points to 18.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 38 to 32 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.00% or 0.080 to 1.680.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.61% or 1.45 to $57.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.77% or 1.72 to hit $63.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.00% or 12.70 to trade at $1281.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.47% to 417.340, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 356.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.70.