Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 2.87% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 1.56% or 0.020 points to end at 1.300 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 0.96% or 0.95 points to 99.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 4.68% or 0.26 points to trade at 5.30 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 3.34% or 0.130 points to end at 3.760 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 3.33% or 0.04 points to 1.16.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 17 to 16 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.74% or 0.37 to $50.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.19% or 0.60 to hit $51.15 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1245.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.22% to 226.340, while USD/NGN fell 0.08% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 93.90.