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 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 1.44% or 0.34 points to trade at 24.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 0.59% or 0.03 points to end at 5.06 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.46% or 0.03 points to 6.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 3.85% or 1.00 points to trade at 25.00 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.00% or 0.030 points to end at 1.000 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 1.80% or 0.04 points to 2.19.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 29 to 23 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.40% or 0.66 to $47.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.67% or 0.34 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1166.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.20% to 226.750, while USD/NGN rose 0.02% to 199.025.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.79.