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 fell 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 4.76% or 1.00 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 2.17% or 1.00 points to end at 47.00 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 1.48% or 0.35 points to 24.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 8.89% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.230 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 5.15% or 0.700 points to end at 12.900 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 4.90% or 0.070 points to 1.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 73 to 23 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.17% or 1.00 to 47.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.42% or 0.27 to $63.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.72% or 0.49 to hit $67.13 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1332.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.60% to 446.040, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.41.