Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which rose 4.98% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.32 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 3.88% or 3.98 points to end at 106.59 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 3.19% or 0.03 points to 0.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 0.83% or 0.01 points to trade at 1.19 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 0.75% or 0.01 points to end at 1.34 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 0.29% or 0.01 points to 3.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 17 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.31% or 0.11 to $35.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.27% or 0.10 to hit $37.59 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.88% or 10.70 to trade at $1230.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.47% to 226.110, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.54.