Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 9.96% or 62.58 points to trade at 671.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.05% or 0.15 points to end at 14.50 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.89% or 1.15 points to 130.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 4.88% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.12% or 0.55 points to end at 13.24 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was down 4.04% or 1.17 points to 27.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 20 to 15 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; falling 4.88% or 0.040 to 0.800.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $55.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1227.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.56% to 323.230, while USD/NGN fell 1.18% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.66.