Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 3.71% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.90 at the close. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) added 1.75% or 0.02 points to end at 1.16 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 1.75% or 2.08 points to 117.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 1.75% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.12 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 1.20% or 1.17 points to end at 97.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 0.94% or 0.05 points to 5.49.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 17 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.19% or 0.35 to $29.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.76% or 0.92 to hit $32.47 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 2.30% or 28.50 to trade at $1210.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.31% to 220.960, while USD/NGN rose 0.51% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.86.