Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 6.91% or 15.00 points to trade at 235.00 at the close. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) added 1.60% or 22.00 points to end at 1400.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 0.43% or 0.050 points to 11.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 5.00% or 0.35 points to trade at 6.65 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 4.96% or 5.20 points to end at 99.70 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 4.76% or 1.15 points to 23.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 61 to 27 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.56% or 1.00 to $62.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.28% or 0.86 to hit $66.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.36% or 18.10 to trade at $1314.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.15% to 444.040, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 90.37.