Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 4.83% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.67% or 0.07 points to end at 1.50 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.06% or 0.10 points to 4.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which fell 9.26% or 1.53 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 5.00% or 6.46 points to end at 122.74 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.98% or 1.28 points to 24.42.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 31 to 16 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.26% or 1.53 to 15.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.63% or 0.60 to $36.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.11% or 0.79 to hit $36.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.34% or 3.70 to trade at $1078.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.28% to 213.940, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.025.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 99.55.