Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 10.24% or 28.29 points to trade at 297.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 1.27% or 0.010 points to end at 0.820 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.43% or 0.110 points to 3.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 5.49% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.860 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 4.99% or 4.01 points to end at 76.32 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 3.64% or 0.020 points to 0.540.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 15 to 14 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; losing 5.49% or 0.050 to 0.860.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.01% or 1.04 to $50.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.89% or 1.04 to hit $53.90 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.62% or 7.35 to trade at $1169.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.49% to 338.360, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 315.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.