Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 3.93% or 4.92 points to trade at 128.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.10% or 0.10 points to end at 4.91 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 1.76% or 0.38 points to 22.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which fell 4.70% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.05 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 3.23% or 0.25 points to end at 7.50 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 1.46% or 0.04 points to 2.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 27 to 20 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.01% or 1.42 to $45.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.24% or 2.21 to hit $49.99 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 4.40 to trade at $1090.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.58% to 218.430, while USD/NGN rose 0.08% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 97.54.