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 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.45% or 1.79 points to trade at 41.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 1.79% or 0.040 points to end at 2.280 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.58% or 0.06 points to 10.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 4.99% or 1.08 points to trade at 20.57 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 2.22% or 0.50 points to end at 22.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 1.89% or 0.170 points to 8.830.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 49 to 25 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.51% or 0.29 to $57.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1263.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.14% to 424.560, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.22.