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 declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 2.08% or 2.10 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 1.99% or 0.25 points to end at 12.80 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 1.54% or 3.00 points to 198.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 4.15% or 3.90 points to trade at 90.10 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 2.13% or 0.85 points to end at 39.00 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 1.97% or 0.60 points to 28.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 45 to 36 and 25 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.33% or 0.23 to $69.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.06% or 0.78 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1219.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.79% to 419.220, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.02.