Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.92% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.52% or 0.070 points to end at 1.620 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 2.33% or 0.050 points to 2.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.81% or 1.05 points to trade at 20.80 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.84% or 2.95 points to end at 101.05 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 2.71% or 0.300 points to 10.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 55 to 42 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.16% or 0.83 to $72.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.71% or 0.56 to hit $79.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1291.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.26% to 423.040, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.56.