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 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.47% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.65 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 1.45% or 20.00 points to end at 1400.00 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.40% or 0.030 points to 2.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.93% or 3.00 points to trade at 57.80 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 4.50% or 1.05 points to end at 22.20 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 4.12% or 0.040 points to 0.930.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 54 to 38 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.03% or 0.63 to $60.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.10 to trade at $1327.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.37% to 444.750, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.60.