Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 10.01% or 0.72 points to trade at 7.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 7.14% or 0.100 points to end at 1.500 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 3.91% or 0.81 points to 21.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 4.64% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.260 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 3.91% or 0.90 points to end at 22.10 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was down 2.17% or 5.00 points to 225.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 36 to 31 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.01% or 0.72 to 7.91. Shares in Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.91% or 0.81 to 21.50.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.55% or 0.90 to $57.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.98% or 1.28 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.20 to trade at $1239.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.28% to 423.320, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 94.19.