Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.65% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 2.94% or 2.50 points to end at 87.00 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.56% or 1.00 points to 40.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.26% or 1.60 points to trade at 34.40 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 1.90% or 0.48 points to end at 24.80 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 1.45% or 0.050 points to 3.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 20 and 57 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.30 to $53.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.95% or 0.52 to hit $55.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.90% or 10.25 to trade at $1132.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.42% to 327.190, while USD/NGN fell 0.55% to 315.250.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 103.28.