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 rose 1.33% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 5.33% or 0.390 points to trade at 7.710 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 5.17% or 0.55 points to end at 11.18 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 4.90% or 1.07 points to 21.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 5.00% or 2.49 points to trade at 47.31 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 2.50% or 6.00 points to end at 234.00 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 1.47% or 0.25 points to 16.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 49 to 22 and 21 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.24% or 0.14 to $57.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 11.60 to trade at $1266.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.06% to 427.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.33.