Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 4.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 0.03% or 0.01 points to trade at 32.55 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 745.43 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 5.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which lost 9.65% or 1.60 points to trade at 14.98 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 9.40% or 0.410 points to end at 3.950 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 7.76% or 6.44 points to 76.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 38 to 9 and 49 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.05% or 0.52 to $49.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.33 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1217.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.40% to 220.860, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.81.