Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.02% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which rose 3.41% or 1.40 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 2.56% or 0.55 points to end at 22.00 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 2.28% or 0.30 points to 13.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 3.70% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.770 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.90% or 1.15 points to end at 22.30 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 4.41% or 0.75 points to 16.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 28 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.93% or 1.86 to $65.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.99% or 2.05 to hit $70.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1343.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.42% to 443.700, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.38.