Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 4.39% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.190 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.78% or 0.070 points to end at 1.920 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.70% or 0.20 points to 5.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 7.59% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.73 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.98% or 1.13 points to end at 21.75 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 4.95% or 0.78 points to 15.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 15 and 52 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 4.07% or 1.82 to $46.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 4.28% or 1.98 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.63% or 22.05 to trade at $1334.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.68% to 314.480, while USD/NGN rose 1000.00% to 282.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.44.