Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.97% or 9.60 points to trade at 202.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 4.27% or 0.25 points to end at 6.10 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.23% or 0.350 points to 11.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 3.64% or 2.00 points to trade at 53.00 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.76% or 2.75 points to end at 96.20 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was down 2.72% or 0.40 points to 14.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 57 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.51% or 0.34 to $66.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $76.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.40 to trade at $1298.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.02% to 424.270, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.77.