Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 3.98% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.35 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.78% or 0.05 points to end at 1.79 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 2.44% or 0.10 points to 4.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 9.74% or 3.22 points to trade at 29.83 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.69% or 0.15 points to end at 3.07 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 2.50% or 0.16 points to 6.23.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 37 to 12 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.73% or 0.31 to $42.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $48.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.50 to trade at $1114.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.06% to 220.200, while USD/NGN rose 0.23% to 199.030.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 97.03.