Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB), which rose 3.81% or 0.40 points to trade at 10.92 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 2.73% or 0.09 points to end at 3.39 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 2.27% or 0.03 points to 1.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 4.81 in late trade. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 4.86% or 0.12 points to end at 2.35 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 4.11% or 0.030 points to 0.700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 17 and 59 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.49% or 1.41 to $41.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.81% or 1.63 to hit $44.46 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1258.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.67% to 227.110, while USD/NGN fell 0.05% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.09.