Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 2.61% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 2.35% or 0.08 points to end at 3.33 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.66% or 0.97 points to 147.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 3.68% or 1.00 points to trade at 26.30 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.00% or 0.030 points to end at 1.000 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 2.91% or 0.51 points to 17.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 31 to 19 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.98% or 0.88 to $45.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.06% or 0.97 to hit $48.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1131.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.65% to 223.860, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.07.