Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 10.24% or 3.38 points to trade at 36.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.74% or 0.09 points to end at 1.99 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 4.21% or 0.040 points to 0.990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 4.53% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.74 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 4.12% or 0.86 points to end at 20.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was down 4.01% or 0.71 points to 16.99.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 25 to 22 and 42 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.57% or 0.69 to $44.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.81% or 0.39 to hit $48.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.70 to trade at $1089.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.59% to 213.510, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.005.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 99.48.