Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.28% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 2.39% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.45% or 0.40 points to end at 28.00 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 1.29% or 0.15 points to 11.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 7.15% or 17.60 points to trade at 228.50 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 5.00% or 2.65 points to end at 50.35 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 4.88% or 0.040 points to 0.780.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 62 to 23 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.46% or 0.29 to $62.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $66.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1317.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.34% to 442.900, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.43.