Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 3.77% or 8.00 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 1.87% or 0.20 points to end at 10.90 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 50.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 9.15% or 2.00 points to trade at 19.85 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.73% or 0.75 points to end at 15.10 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.69% or 0.30 points to 6.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 70 to 25 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $72.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.42% or 0.33 to hit $79.55 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1291.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.50% to 425.170, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.53.