Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 3.99% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 3.29% or 0.21 points to end at 6.59 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.81% or 0.110 points to 6.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which fell 5.00% or 12.45 points to trade at 236.55 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 3.16% or 1.99 points to end at 61.01 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.24% or 0.030 points to 1.310.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 53 to 30 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.86% or 0.91 to $47.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.02% or 1.05 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.93 to trade at $1290.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.51% to 431.900, while USD/NGN rose 0.09% to 365.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.24.