Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 5.00% or 2.65 points to trade at 55.65 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 5.00% or 11.60 points to end at 243.70 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.56% or 0.300 points to 12.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 5.00% or 2.65 points to trade at 50.35 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.88% or 1.15 points to end at 22.40 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.48% or 0.30 points to 6.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 31 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.12% or 1.32 to $63.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.86% or 1.23 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.90 to trade at $1310.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.09% to 443.290, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 89.91.