Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 3.51% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 3.33% or 0.71 points to end at 22.01 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 2.57% or 0.89 points to 35.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 6.27% or 0.35 points to trade at 5.23 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 3.76% or 1.88 points to end at 48.12 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 3.23% or 2.00 points to 62.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 41 to 38 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.80% or 0.80 to $45.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.69% or 0.79 to hit $47.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.24 to trade at $1214.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.04% to 359.250, while USD/NGN fell 9.93% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 95.61.