Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.88% or 2.05 points to trade at 39.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) added 3.17% or 0.04 points to end at 1.26 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.51% or 2.99 points to 121.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 9.52% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 4.74% or 0.09 points to end at 1.81 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 4.62% or 0.11 points to 2.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 39 to 14 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) fell to all time lows; falling 9.52% or 0.14 to 1.33.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.92% or 1.06 to $37.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.15% or 0.82 to hit $38.98 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.40 to trade at $1061.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.22% to 218.960, while USD/NGN rose 0.11% to 198.900.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 98.27.