Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.65% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 11.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 2.32% or 0.09 points to end at 3.88 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.88% or 0.29 points to 15.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which fell 4.94% or 6.17 points to trade at 118.75 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 4.49% or 0.80 points to end at 16.95 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 2.02% or 0.14 points to 6.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 17 to 15 and 76 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.73% or 0.93 to $52.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.96% or 1.11 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.89% or 11.05 to trade at $1224.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.18% to 334.950, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.98.