Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 3.98% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.78% or 0.05 points to end at 1.79 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.44% or 0.10 points to 4.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 9.74% or 3.22 points to trade at 29.83 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.69% or 0.15 points to end at 3.07 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 2.50% or 0.16 points to 6.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 37 to 12 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.69% or 0.15 to 3.07. Shares in Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) fell to all time lows; falling 2.50% or 0.16 to 6.23.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.73% or 0.31 to $42.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $48.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.40 to trade at $1115.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.06% to 220.200, while USD/NGN rose 0.23% to 199.030.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 97.02.