Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 8.56% or 1.08 points to trade at 13.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.91% or 0.07 points to end at 1.86 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.04% or 0.08 points to 4.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 4.99% or 1.76 points to trade at 33.48 at the close. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 4.00% or 0.05 points to end at 1.19 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 3.72% or 4.30 points to 110.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 26 to 19 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 5.53% or 1.86 to $31.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 4.39% or 1.58 to hit $34.41 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.95% or 10.60 to trade at $1127.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.53% to 216.530, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 99.09.