Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 10.17% or 5.50 points to trade at 59.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 4.90% or 1.05 points to end at 22.50 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 4.26% or 0.30 points to 7.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 5.00% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.08% or 0.040 points to end at 0.940 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 3.57% or 3.50 points to 94.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 45 to 43 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) rose to 3-years highs; rising 10.17% or 5.50 to 59.60. Shares in Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) rose to all time highs; rising 4.90% or 1.05 to 22.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.38% or 0.24 to $62.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $65.54 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 16.70 to trade at $1336.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.78% to 446.920, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 89.60.