Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 4.92% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.610 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 3.57% or 2.00 points to end at 57.45 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 3.52% or 0.23 points to 6.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which lost 2.44% or 0.03 points to trade at 1.21 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 1.94% or 0.020 points to end at 1.010 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 1.02% or 0.06 points to 5.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 28 to 15 and 41 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.31% or 0.62 to $48.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.51% or 0.74 to hit $49.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1345.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 8.27% to 356.950, while USD/NGN fell 4.56% to 335.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.42.