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 declined 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.19% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.970 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 2.25% or 0.09 points to end at 4.09 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 1.67% or 5.00 points to 305.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which fell 4.23% or 1.04 points to trade at 23.56 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.23% or 0.21 points to end at 6.29 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 2.52% or 0.39 points to 15.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 25 to 18 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.92% or 0.48 to $51.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.15% or 0.63 to hit $54.31 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1185.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.64% to 332.940, while USD/NGN rose 0.16% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 101.95.