Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 1.69% or 0.25 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 1.14% or 0.49 points to end at 43.15 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 0.63% or 0.50 points to 80.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 6.15% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.610 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 5.26% or 0.25 points to end at 4.50 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.75% or 0.83 points to 16.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 19 to 11 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.15% or 0.040 to 0.610. Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.75% or 0.83 to 16.61.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.87% or 0.95 to $49.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.89% or 0.98 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1263.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 2.60% to 354.050, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.78.