Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 4.76% or 0.65 points to trade at 14.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.85% or 0.05 points to end at 1.35 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 2.17% or 0.02 points to 0.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which fell 3.77% or 4.00 points to trade at 102.10 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 3.49% or 0.40 points to end at 11.31 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 1.63% or 0.06 points to 3.67.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 10 to 8 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.15% or 0.48 to $41.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.09 to hit $43.01 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1234.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.27% to 225.020, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.43.