Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.68% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 2.34% or 0.35 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 2.16% or 0.80 points to end at 37.83 and Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) was up 0.75% or 0.75 points to 99.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 3.70% or 1.85 points to trade at 48.15 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 3.25% or 4.50 points to end at 133.92 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 2.96% or 0.74 points to 24.24.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 41 to 28 and 25 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.55% or 0.31 to $56.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.18 to trade at $1282.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.46% to 422.000, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.89.