Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.65% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 2.94% or 2.50 points to end at 87.00 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.56% or 1.00 points to 40.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 4.26% or 1.60 points to trade at 34.40 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 1.90% or 0.48 points to end at 24.80 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 1.45% or 0.050 points to 3.410.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 21 to 20 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.30 to $53.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.95% or 0.52 to hit $55.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.91% or 10.45 to trade at $1132.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.42% to 327.190, while USD/NGN fell 0.55% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 103.28.