Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 5.00% or 71.10 points to trade at 1493.60 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 4.40% or 0.040 points to end at 0.950 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.62% or 0.35 points to 13.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 4.40% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.870 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 3.62% or 4.70 points to end at 124.90 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 2.20% or 1.10 points to 48.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 49 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.77% or 0.53 to $68.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.50% or 0.37 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 8.20 to trade at $1332.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.15% to 439.590, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 90.55.