Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.23% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.920 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 1.81% or 0.20 points to end at 11.20 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.71% or 0.50 points to 29.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 9.33% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.430 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.94% or 12.30 points to end at 236.70 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 4.90% or 1.15 points to 22.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 20 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.70% or 0.44 to $63.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.61% or 0.41 to hit $68.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.60 to trade at $1338.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.28% to 442.380, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.84.