Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 3.78% or 0.85 points to trade at 22.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 2.57% or 0.45 points to end at 17.25 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 1.69% or 4.10 points to 246.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 4.42% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.23% or 0.30 points to end at 6.90 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 3.23% or 0.030 points to 0.890.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 63 to 32 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.78% or 0.85 to 22.55.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.53% or 0.95 to $61.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.22% or 0.80 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 4.00 to trade at $1320.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.05% to 443.130, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.94.