Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Beverages&Tobacco, Oil&Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.32% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 1.96% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.67% or 0.35 points to end at 21.35 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 1.39% or 0.50 points to 36.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 9.67% or 1.45 points to trade at 13.55 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 9.40% or 0.55 points to end at 5.30 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 8.03% or 120.50 points to 1379.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 55 to 36 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.49% or 0.34 to $70.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.61% or 0.47 to hit $78.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1207.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.12% to 417.600, while USD/NGN fell 0.73% to 359.520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.07.
