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 lost 0.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 1.35% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 0.96% or 0.10 points to end at 10.50 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 0.29% or 0.15 points to 51.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 9.74% or 1.85 points to trade at 17.15 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 6.66% or 99.90 points to end at 1400.10 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was down 5.92% or 2.25 points to 34.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 68 to 24 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.74% or 1.85 to 17.15.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.09% or 0.07 to $73.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.73% or 0.57 to hit $78.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1255.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.59% to 421.340, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.92.