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 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.47% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 1.45% or 20.00 points to end at 1400.00 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.40% or 0.030 points to 2.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 4.93% or 3.00 points to trade at 57.80 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 4.50% or 1.05 points to end at 22.20 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 4.12% or 0.040 points to 0.930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 54 to 38 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.03% or 0.63 to $60.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.00 to trade at $1327.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.37% to 444.750, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.60.