Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 5.00% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.63 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 4.55% or 0.030 points to end at 0.690 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.25% or 1.73 points to 140.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 4.12% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.930 in late trade. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 2.29% or 0.35 points to end at 14.99 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 1.89% or 0.75 points to 40.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 17 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.13% or 0.53 to $46.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.38% or 0.68 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.72% or 9.55 to trade at $1317.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.04% to 352.610, while USD/NGN rose 0.09% to 315.805.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 95.99.