Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.32% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 4.29% or 0.90 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.61% or 0.14 points to end at 5.47 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.80% or 0.05 points to 6.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 8.33% or 4.00 points to trade at 44.00 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.08% or 0.040 points to end at 0.940 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 3.66% or 0.030 points to 0.790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 19 to 9 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; falling 4.08% or 0.040 to 0.940. Shares in Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) fell to all time lows; falling 3.66% or 0.030 to 0.790.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 4.78% or 2.07 to $45.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.39% or 1.95 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1224.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.25% to 339.410, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 100.20.