Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages&Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.09% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 6.42% or 0.120 points to end at 2.000 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.92% or 0.120 points to 2.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 4.89% or 1.10 points to trade at 21.40 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 4.35% or 0.040 points to end at 0.880 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was down 1.71% or 0.30 points to 17.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 45 to 45 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $66.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.32 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.40 to trade at $1349.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.06% to 445.370, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.23.
