Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 10.24% or 3.30 points to trade at 35.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 5.00% or 0.07 points to end at 1.46 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was up 4.76% or 0.19 points to 4.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 4.90% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 2.60% or 0.020 points to end at 0.750 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 2.41% or 0.35 points to 14.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 30 to 18 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.15% or 0.96 to $43.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.24% or 1.47 to hit $43.90 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.99% or 25.75 to trade at $1268.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.41% to 226.720, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 94.14.