Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.90% or 0.37 points to trade at 7.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 3.22% or 0.38 points to end at 12.06 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.97% or 0.260 points to 9.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.98% or 1.12 points to trade at 21.38 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 2.37% or 0.40 points to end at 16.50 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.23% or 0.050 points to 2.190.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 44 to 29 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $57.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.10 to trade at $1265.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.05% to 423.960, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 93.10.