Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.63% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 4.90% or 6.43 points to trade at 137.60 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 4.63% or 1.85 points to end at 40.56 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.02% or 0.070 points to 1.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.82% or 1.15 points to trade at 22.72 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 1.46% or 0.26 points to end at 17.55 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) shed 1.42% or 1.42 points to 97.19.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 35 to 31 and 40 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.31 to $57.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $62.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1295.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.42% to 427.910, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.07.