Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.00% or 1.15 points to trade at 24.15 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 2.85% or 38.20 points to end at 1380.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 0.63% or 0.10 points to 16.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 8.52% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.470 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 7.26% or 0.850 points to end at 10.850 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 4.98% or 11.40 points to 218.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 70 to 24 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.22% or 0.75 to $62.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $65.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.57% or 21.30 to trade at $1334.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.61% to 445.150, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 89.51.