Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages&Tobacco and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 4.17% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 1.83% or 0.020 points to end at 1.110 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.68% or 0.10 points to 14.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which fell 7.94% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.60 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 7.12% or 1.00 points to end at 12.90 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was down 6.65% or 1.85 points to 25.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 0 to 0.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.12% or 1.00 to 12.90.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.96% or 0.63 to $66.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $72.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.99% to 417.850, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 95.20.
