Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.97% or 9.60 points to trade at 202.90 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.95% or 0.110 points to end at 2.330 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.49% or 0.95 points to 39.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.76% or 0.95 points to trade at 19.00 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.03% or 0.030 points to end at 1.450 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 1.73% or 0.45 points to 25.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 35 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.23% or 2.20 to $70.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.03% or 1.51 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.30 to trade at $1261.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.15% to 420.110, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 94.33.