Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 4.69% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.360 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 4.27% or 0.18 points to end at 4.40 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.83% or 0.05 points to 6.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 9.09% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.96% or 0.26 points to end at 4.98 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 3.57% or 0.030 points to 0.810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 13 and 63 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.44% or 0.23 to $52.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.74% or 0.41 to hit $54.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1292.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.32% to 336.190, while USD/NGN fell 3.48% to 305.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 99.67.