Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.01% to hit a new 3-years low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.21% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.44% or 0.04 points to end at 1.68 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.30% or 0.20 points to 15.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 6.16% or 1.67 points to trade at 25.46 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.61% or 1.84 points to end at 41.79 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 4.17% or 0.040 points to 0.970.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 38 to 20 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.51% or 0.63 to $42.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.81% or 0.36 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.64% or 6.80 to trade at $1063.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.30% to 210.650, while USD/NGN rose 0.06% to 199.175.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 100.31.