Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.74% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.26% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 1.76% or 0.64 points to end at 39.95 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.63% or 0.72 points to 115.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 4.84% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.36 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 4.62% or 0.09 points to end at 1.86 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.86% or 0.04 points to 1.37.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 27 to 12 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.84% or 0.12 to 2.36. Shares in Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) fell to all time lows; losing 4.62% or 0.09 to 1.86.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.45% or 1.44 to $43.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.45% or 1.54 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.85% or 9.10 to trade at $1075.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.18% to 212.090, while USD/NGN fell 0.01% to 199.190.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 99.56.