Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 1.08% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 0.31% or 0.02 points to trade at 6.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 0.03% or 0.04 points to end at 135.05 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 96.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which fell 5.00% or 7.11 points to trade at 135.09 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 40.71 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 4.99% or 1.09 points to 20.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 37 to 13 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.55% or 1.12 to $42.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.97% or 0.94 to hit $46.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1166.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.56% to 220.250, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 199.100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.03.