Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 8.70% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 1.08% or 0.16 points to end at 14.94 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 6.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 3.53% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.820 in late trade. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 3.08% or 0.14 points to end at 4.40 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 2.10% or 0.30 points to 14.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 12 and 66 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.28% or 0.15 to $53.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.44% or 18.05 to trade at $1271.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.39% to 334.540, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 100.63.