Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 1.44% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 2.91% or 2.50 points to trade at 88.49 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 1.69% or 0.010 points to end at 0.600 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.41% or 2.00 points to 143.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 5.00% or 0.93 points to trade at 17.67 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.99% or 2.74 points to end at 52.14 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 4.85% or 0.19 points to 3.73.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 13 and 48 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.49% or 0.22 to $45.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $46.25 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.20 to trade at $1276.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.40% to 352.540, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.92.