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 declined 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.93% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 5.00% or 2.21 points to end at 46.41 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 2.16% or 5.00 points to 236.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 9.16% or 0.360 points to trade at 3.570 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 5.31% or 0.730 points to end at 13.020 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 5.00% or 0.170 points to 3.230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 58 to 21 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.93% or 0.140 to 1.550.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.29% or 0.82 to $64.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.13% or 0.78 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.15% to 441.120, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 90.01.