Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.79% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 5.62% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.33% or 0.11 points to end at 3.41 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 1.52% or 0.02 points to 1.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 4.55% or 0.25 points to trade at 5.25 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.90% or 0.030 points to end at 0.740 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 3.58% or 0.51 points to 14.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 25 to 16 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.90% or 0.030 to 0.740.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.71% or 0.63 to $36.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.53% or 0.59 to hit $38.08 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.20 to trade at $1218.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.91% to 225.050, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.49.