Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.08% 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 4.13% or 0.99 points to trade at 24.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 2.21% or 0.51 points to end at 23.60 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 2.04% or 0.04 points to 2.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 4.99% or 1.93 points to trade at 36.75 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.83% or 0.28 points to end at 5.60 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 4.20% or 0.11 points to 2.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 32 to 13 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.73% or 0.34 to $46.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.18% or 0.58 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.56% or 6.40 to trade at $1135.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.20% to 219.080, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 198.935.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 96.93.