Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.36% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 6.35% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 6.05% or 0.85 points to end at 14.90 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 5.41% or 10.00 points to 195.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which fell 9.64% or 1.35 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 7.78% or 0.140 points to end at 1.660 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 3.92% or 61.10 points to 1498.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 63 to 27 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.21% or 0.14 to $67.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $72.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1200.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.52% to 413.470, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.62.