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 lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 4.84% or 0.78 points to trade at 16.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.17% or 0.060 points to end at 1.500 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.16% or 0.30 points to 9.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 9.75% or 5.46 points to trade at 50.55 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.55% or 0.050 points to end at 1.050 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was down 4.49% or 11.00 points to 234.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 42 to 27 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.17% or 0.060 to 1.500.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.33 to hit $57.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.77 to trade at $1282.27 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.53% to 422.810, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.77.