Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 3.20 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 3.87% or 0.06 points to end at 1.61 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.78% or 0.19 points to 5.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which lost 3.16% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.79 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 2.33% or 0.05 points to end at 2.15 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) shed 2.12% or 0.55 points to 25.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 28 to 22 and 57 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.59% or 0.30 to $50.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.00 to trade at $1104.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.19% to 216.090, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.79% at 97.41.