Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 5.88% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.800 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 3.60% or 0.80 points to end at 23.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.37% or 0.300 points to 9.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which lost 7.61% or 3.50 points to trade at 42.50 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 2.44% or 1.95 points to end at 78.05 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) shed 2.11% or 0.30 points to 14.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 46 to 31 and 22 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.29% or 0.22 to $75.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.26 to hit $84.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.31% or 15.60 to trade at $1207.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.82% to 419.810, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 363.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 95.10.