Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 3.90% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.70% or 0.45 points to end at 26.95 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 1.67% or 0.06 points to 3.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 4.73% or 12.90 points to trade at 260.99 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.04% or 0.59 points to end at 13.98 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 2.63% or 1.05 points to 38.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 14 and 67 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.72% or 0.82 to $48.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.34% or 0.68 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1254.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.18% to 341.630, while USD/NGN fell 2.99% to 307.050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.25.