Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 4.01% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 3.78% or 0.87 points to end at 22.98 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 3.31% or 0.57 points to 17.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which fell 4.74% or 1.99 points to trade at 40.03 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 2.10% or 0.86 points to end at 40.04 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 1.96% or 2.00 points to 100.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 32 to 29 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.01% or 0.37 to 9.60. Shares in Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.31% or 0.57 to 17.76.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.65% or 0.97 to $57.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $63.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.29 to trade at $1295.59 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.67% to 429.720, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.72.