Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 4.99% or 6.18 points to trade at 129.93 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 3.00% or 0.06 points to end at 2.06 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.59% or 0.04 points to 2.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.98% or 1.83 points to trade at 34.92 in late trade. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 6.58 and Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) shed 4.71% or 0.12 points to 2.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 30 to 15 and 43 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.71% or 1.25 to $47.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.31% or 1.12 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.58% or 17.90 to trade at $1118.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.22% to 218.600, while USD/NGN rose 0.73% to 199.200.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 97.41.