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 lost 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.99% or 1.59 points to trade at 32.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.65% or 0.03 points to end at 1.16 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.54% or 0.09 points to 5.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 4.76% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.20 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 3.57% or 0.14 points to end at 3.78 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was down 3.26% or 0.17 points to 4.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 20 to 18 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.39% or 0.71 to $28.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 3.76% or 1.24 to hit $31.64 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1195.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.44% to 223.430, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.98% at 95.81.