Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which rose 6.52% or 98.00 points to trade at 1645.00 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 4.37% or 8.00 points to end at 191.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 2.54% or 0.15 points to 6.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 10.00% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.260 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 5.63% or 0.90 points to end at 15.30 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) shed 3.28% or 3.15 points to 92.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 53 to 35 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.70% or 1.19 to $68.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.19% or 0.90 to hit $74.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1224.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.85% to 424.690, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 94.34.