Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.99%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 1.92% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 1.46% or 3.45 points to end at 240.00 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 0.29% or 0.13 points to 46.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 5.00% or 1.35 points to trade at 25.65 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 2.44% or 1.00 points to end at 38.95 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was down 4.75% or 2.99 points to 60.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 50 to 24 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.23% or 0.11 to $47.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 9.97 to trade at $1280.43 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.41% to 430.110, while USD/NGN fell 0.55% to 363.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.69.