Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.69% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.25% or 0.50 points to end at 40.10 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 0.77% or 0.30 points to 39.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which fell 3.82% or 0.60 points to trade at 14.98 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.02% or 1.08 points to end at 25.81 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was down 2.63% or 1.50 points to 55.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 51 to 24 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.92% or 0.43 to $46.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.55 to trade at $1320.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.14% to 432.740, while USD/NGN rose 0.84% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.02.