Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.32% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which rose 4.29% or 0.90 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.61% or 0.14 points to end at 5.47 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.80% or 0.05 points to 6.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 8.33% or 4.00 points to trade at 44.00 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.08% or 0.040 points to end at 0.940 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 3.66% or 0.030 points to 0.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 9 and 59 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 4.80% or 2.08 to $45.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.39% or 1.95 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1224.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.25% to 339.410, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 100.20.