Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.09% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.72 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 1.47% or 1.96 points to end at 135.04 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 1.140 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which lost 5.00% or 0.21 points to trade at 3.99 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 5.00% or 3.16 points to end at 60.50 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 4.89% or 0.090 points to 1.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 7 and 59 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.78% or 0.36 to $45.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1332.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.08% to 312.690, while USD/NGN rose 0.08% to 282.865.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.58% at 97.12.