Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 9.57% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.260 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 5.77% or 0.030 points to end at 0.550 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.94% or 0.080 points to 1.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 10.00% or 1.50 points to trade at 13.50 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 9.55% or 143.20 points to end at 1356.80 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 9.40% or 0.55 points to 5.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 38 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.36% or 0.25 to $70.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $78.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 8.00 to trade at $1198.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.48% to 415.610, while USD/NGN rose 0.04% to 359.680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.38.