Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 1.30% or 3.00 points to trade at 233.00 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 0.91% or 0.09 points to end at 9.98 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 0.58% or 0.11 points to 19.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.88% or 1.95 points to trade at 38.02 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.48% or 0.040 points to end at 1.110 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 3.17% or 0.30 points to 9.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 53 to 21 and 19 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.26% or 1.28 to $55.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.22% or 1.40 to hit $61.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.21 to trade at $1279.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.63% to 422.060, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 93.90.