Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 4.71% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.880 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 4.55% or 0.040 points to end at 0.890 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 1.33% or 0.60 points to 45.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.89% or 1.10 points to trade at 21.40 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.67% or 2.45 points to end at 50.05 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 4.64% or 1.95 points to 40.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 34 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 3.00% or 2.12 to $68.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.49% or 1.90 to hit $74.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1312.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.32% to 427.650, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 92.90.