Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 1.86%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 5.99% or 0.39 points to trade at 6.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.76% or 0.17 points to end at 3.74 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 3.88% or 0.90 points to 24.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 1.06% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.45 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 0.98% or 0.05 points to end at 5.05 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 0.79% or 0.02 points to 2.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 33 to 17 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.54% or 1.63 to $44.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.72% or 1.84 to hit $47.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.34% or 3.80 to trade at $1117.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.36% to 220.820, while USD/NGN rose 0.01% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.14.