Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.93% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.550 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 5.00% or 2.21 points to end at 46.41 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 2.16% or 5.00 points to 236.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 9.16% or 0.360 points to trade at 3.570 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 5.31% or 0.730 points to end at 13.020 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 5.00% or 0.170 points to 3.230.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 58 to 21 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.29% or 0.82 to $64.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.12% or 0.77 to hit $69.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.15% to 441.120, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 90.01.