Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.83% or 1.40 points to trade at 25.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 4.18% or 0.70 points to end at 17.45 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 2.33% or 0.030 points to 1.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which fell 5.00% or 2.40 points to trade at 45.60 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 5.00% or 0.600 points to end at 11.400 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 4.91% or 0.160 points to 3.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 64 to 20 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.40% or 0.83 to $60.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.62 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.93% or 12.30 to trade at $1328.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.23% to 442.320, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.15.