Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 1.83% or 0.07 points to trade at 3.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) added 1.44% or 0.04 points to end at 2.90 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 1.13% or 0.18 points to 16.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 2.78% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 1.94% or 0.02 points to end at 1.01 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 1.65% or 0.02 points to 1.19.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 14 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.78% or 0.020 to 0.700.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.30% or 0.57 to $43.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.67% or 0.30 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.98% or 12.05 to trade at $1242.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.20% to 224.030, while USD/NGN fell 0.08% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.71.