Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 3.99% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.99 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 3.67% or 3.49 points to end at 98.50 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.64% or 1.34 points to 52.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.98% or 1.27 points to trade at 24.23 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.73% or 0.030 points to end at 1.070 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) shed 1.89% or 0.010 points to 0.510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 34 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.43% or 0.24 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.96 to trade at $1275.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.10% to 420.290, while USD/NGN rose 0.42% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.35.