Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.69% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 4.17% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.750 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 2.98% or 0.55 points to end at 18.99 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.99% or 0.13 points to 6.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 3.90% or 2.07 points to trade at 50.57 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 3.60% or 0.040 points to end at 1.070 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) shed 3.01% or 0.04 points to 1.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 17 and 43 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.13% or 1.63 to $41.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.92% or 1.64 to hit $43.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.58% or 8.00 to trade at $1364.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.01% to 358.640, while USD/NGN rose 1000.00% to 322.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 95.49.