Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 2.41% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.17% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 4.95% or 0.33 points to end at 6.99 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was up 4.84% or 0.23 points to 4.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which fell 0.60% or 0.01 points to trade at 1.66 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 0.44% or 0.010 points to end at 2.270 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 5.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 37 to 10 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.36% or 0.68 to $49.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.63 to hit $50.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.57% or 20.35 to trade at $1271.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 8.04% to 318.800, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.200.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 94.03.