Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 2.95% or 5.70 points to trade at 199.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 0.47% or 0.05 points to end at 10.60 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was up 0.33% or 5.00 points to 1500.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 4.85% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.160 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.03% or 0.25 points to end at 5.90 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 3.86% or 0.80 points to 19.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 66 to 26 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.52% or 1.00 to $64.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.33% or 0.25 to hit $75.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1278.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.57% to 415.890, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.69.