Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.17% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 7.69% or 1.00 points to trade at 12.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 6.76% or 0.95 points to end at 15.00 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 2.70% or 5.00 points to 190.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 7.35% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.630 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 4.87% or 76.00 points to end at 1484.00 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 4.26% or 4.00 points to 90.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 64 to 28 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.45% or 1.66 to $65.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.87% or 1.36 to hit $71.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.48% or 18.00 to trade at $1201.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.18% to 411.340, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.24.