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 declined 1.12% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.92% or 0.57 points to trade at 12.16 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 3.51% or 0.110 points to end at 3.130 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 3.27% or 0.13 points to 3.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 4.99% or 5.93 points to trade at 112.82 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 3.91% or 24.40 points to end at 593.19 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 3.81% or 0.60 points to 15.14.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 14 and 53 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.40% or 0.21 to $53.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.58% or 0.32 to hit $55.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1224.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.05% to 334.780, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.35.