Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.73% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 8.97% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.850 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 3.07% or 0.65 points to end at 21.10 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 1.65% or 0.30 points to 18.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 7.32% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.900 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 4.80% or 0.130 points to end at 2.580 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.48% or 0.30 points to 6.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 56 to 31 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.20% or 0.13 to $65.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.90 to trade at $1344.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.16% to 446.670, while USD/NGN fell 99.91% to 0.326.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 88.95.