Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 4.35% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 1.33% or 1.30 points to end at 97.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 1.00% or 0.10 points to 10.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 5.80% or 1.20 points to trade at 19.50 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 5.62% or 2.30 points to end at 38.65 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 4.35% or 0.100 points to 2.190.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 66 to 31 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.04 to $74.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.67% or 1.32 to hit $77.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 13.30 to trade at $1241.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.02% to 419.120, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 94.82.