Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.13%.
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, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.95% or 0.110 points to end at 2.330 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.49% or 0.95 points to 39.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.76% or 0.95 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.03% or 0.030 points to end at 1.450 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 1.73% or 0.45 points to 25.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 59 to 35 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.76% or 0.95 to 19.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.23% or 2.20 to $70.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.03% or 1.51 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.20 to trade at $1261.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.15% to 420.110, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 94.33.