Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.52% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) added 3.37% or 0.13 points to end at 3.87 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 1.70% or 0.04 points to 2.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.84% or 1.55 points to trade at 30.47 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 3.62% or 32.20 points to end at 852.05 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 2.28% or 0.45 points to 19.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 31 to 25 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.13% or 0.66 to $58.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.83% or 1.14 to hit $63.15 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.60 to trade at $1177.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.54% to 222.500, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 95.61.