Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.93% or 0.31 points to trade at 6.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 3.46% or 0.46 points to end at 13.81 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 3.35% or 0.46 points to 14.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 4.91% or 1.78 points to trade at 34.50 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 13.25 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos by 21 to 12 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.91% or 1.78 to 34.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.78% or 0.86 to $47.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.32% or 0.68 to hit $50.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.55 to trade at $1203.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.49% to 334.120, while USD/NGN fell 0.55% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.40.