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 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which rose 5.00% or 5.20 points to trade at 109.20 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 4.99% or 1.47 points to end at 30.92 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.69% or 0.06 points to 1.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 5.00% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.780 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.95% or 1.13 points to end at 21.70 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 2.95% or 0.17 points to 5.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 16 and 47 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.26% or 0.11 to $41.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $41.77 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.00 to trade at $1248.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.33% to 223.570, while USD/NGN rose 0.04% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.67.