Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 9.00% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.45 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 6.71% or 0.550 points to end at 8.600 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 5.26% or 0.030 points to 0.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 9.17% or 17.40 points to trade at 172.30 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 6.30% or 0.85 points to end at 12.65 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 3.95% or 0.30 points to 7.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 48 to 45 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.08% or 0.74 to $69.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.01% or 0.79 to hit $78.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1203.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.51% to 420.010, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.25.