Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.23% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 2.00% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.51 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 0.54% or 0.03 points to end at 5.57 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.35% or 0.05 points to 14.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 5.00% or 13.45 points to trade at 255.58 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.77% or 0.020 points to end at 0.510 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 3.34% or 0.50 points to 14.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 11 and 52 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.49% or 0.72 to $47.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.72% or 0.35 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.45 to trade at $1213.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.02% to 335.130, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 101.03.