Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 3.32%.
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 24.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 10.06% or 0.47 points to end at 5.14 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 9.43% or 11.98 points to 135.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 4.49% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.890 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 0.28% or 0.02 points to end at 7.24 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 42.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 47 to 11 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.18% or 1.89 to $47.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.83% or 1.92 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1133.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.61% to 223.140, while USD/NGN rose 0.02% to 199.090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 96.05.