Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 2.86% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) added 2.84% or 0.08 points to end at 2.90 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 2.75% or 0.16 points to 5.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which fell 3.78% or 0.54 points to trade at 14.30 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.06% or 2.00 points to end at 94.40 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 22 to 8 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.07% or 1.31 to $43.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.73% or 1.21 to hit $45.53 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.95 to trade at $1242.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.24% to 223.490, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.55.