Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 1.74% or 0.060 points to trade at 3.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 1.24% or 0.05 points to end at 4.10 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 6.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 4.04% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.950 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.64% or 0.020 points to end at 0.530 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was down 1.56% or 0.38 points to 23.89.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 17 to 9 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.92% or 0.49 to $52.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.52% or 0.29 to hit $55.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.25 to trade at $1197.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.37% to 328.620, while USD/NGN fell 88.98% to 35.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.50.