Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which rose 3.73% or 0.55 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 1.78% or 0.08 points to end at 4.62 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was up 1.00% or 0.03 points to 3.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 8.78% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.35 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 4.12% or 4.00 points to end at 93.00 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 3.23% or 0.04 points to 1.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 26 to 13 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to all time lows; falling 8.78% or 0.13 to 1.35.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.72% or 1.01 to $36.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.61% or 1.03 to hit $38.50 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.05% or 13.10 to trade at $1232.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.20% to 220.870, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.62.