Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.27% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 2.24% or 3.16 points to trade at 144.00 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 1.67% or 14.00 points to end at 850.00 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 0.53% or 0.10 points to 19.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which lost 4.84% or 0.21 points to trade at 4.15 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 4.35% or 0.040 points to end at 0.880 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 4.08% or 0.040 points to 0.940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 18 and 70 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $51.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $53.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.14 to trade at $1254.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.02% to 353.740, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 320.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.17.