Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.76% or 2.50 points to trade at 52.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 0.71% or 0.80 points to end at 112.60 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 0.10% or 0.05 points to 52.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 9.90% or 2.05 points to trade at 18.65 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 5.91% or 0.130 points to end at 2.080 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 4.35% or 0.030 points to 0.660.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 68 to 23 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.90% or 2.05 to 18.65. Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) rose to all time highs; rising 0.10% or 0.05 to 52.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $73.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.05% or 13.00 to trade at $1254.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.04% to 419.290, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.41.