Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 1.30% or 3.00 points to trade at 233.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 0.48% or 0.11 points to end at 23.11 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.40% or 0.04 points to 9.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 3.77% or 1.94 points to trade at 49.51 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 3.42% or 4.92 points to end at 136.85 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 3.10% or 39.99 points to 1250.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 48 to 27 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.12% or 0.07 to $56.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.25 to trade at $1278.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.10% to 419.430, while USD/NGN rose 0.42% to 357.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.48.