Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 5.00% or 5.20 points to trade at 109.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 4.99% or 1.47 points to end at 30.92 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.69% or 0.06 points to 1.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 5.00% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.780 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.95% or 1.13 points to end at 21.70 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 2.95% or 0.17 points to 5.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 24 to 16 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.00% or 0.040 to 0.780.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.24% or 0.10 to $41.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $41.77 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.00 to trade at $1248.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.33% to 223.570, while USD/NGN rose 0.04% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.67.