Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.90% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 0.63% or 0.01 points to trade at 1.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 0.20% or 0.01 points to end at 5.00 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 0.08% or 0.11 points to 139.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which fell 3.53% or 0.12 points to trade at 3.23 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 4.94% or 0.31 points to end at 5.96 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 4.83% or 0.14 points to 2.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 38 to 10 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.23% or 0.64 to $52.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.39 to hit $58.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1154.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.39% to 219.530, while USD/NGN fell 0.01% to 198.975.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.86.