Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.00% or 1.15 points to trade at 24.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 2.85% or 38.20 points to end at 1380.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 0.63% or 0.10 points to 16.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 8.52% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.470 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 7.26% or 0.850 points to end at 10.850 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was down 4.98% or 11.40 points to 218.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 70 to 24 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.22% or 0.75 to $62.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $65.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.56% or 21.10 to trade at $1335.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.61% to 445.150, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 89.51.