Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.45% or 1.79 points to trade at 41.99 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 1.79% or 0.040 points to end at 2.280 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.58% or 0.06 points to 10.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 4.99% or 1.08 points to trade at 20.57 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 2.22% or 0.50 points to end at 22.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 1.89% or 0.170 points to 8.830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 49 to 25 and 24 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.52% or 0.30 to $57.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1263.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.14% to 424.560, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.22.