Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which rose 5.26% or 0.40 points to trade at 8.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.42% or 0.400 points to end at 9.450 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 3.59% or 0.45 points to 13.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 6.67% or 3.00 points to trade at 45.00 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 6.52% or 0.75 points to end at 10.75 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was down 2.53% or 2.00 points to 77.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 53 to 34 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.53% or 2.00 to 77.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.70% or 0.52 to $74.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.04% or 0.87 to hit $84.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1191.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.07% to 416.750, while USD/NGN fell 0.02% to 363.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.45.