Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.23% to hit a new 3-years low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.83% or 1.84 points to trade at 39.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 0.64% or 0.10 points to end at 15.62 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 0.44% or 0.01 points to 2.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which fell 9.09% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.40 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 6.37% or 0.34 points to end at 5.00 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 4.76% or 0.08 points to 1.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 17 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) fell to all time lows; losing 9.09% or 0.14 to 1.40. Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) rose to 3-years lows; rising 0.44% or 0.01 to 2.29. Shares in Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) fell to all time lows; down 4.76% or 0.08 to 1.60.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.36% or 0.15 to $41.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.48% or 0.21 to hit $44.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.70 to trade at $1064.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.25% to 211.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.08% to 198.950.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 99.97.