Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 2.73% or 0.45 points to trade at 16.20 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 2.61% or 0.15 points to end at 5.90 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.87% or 0.26 points to 14.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 3.57% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.080 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 3.26% or 40.50 points to end at 1224.00 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 3.16% or 8.00 points to 245.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 43 to 36 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.67% or 0.35 to $51.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.66% or 0.38 to hit $57.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.22% or 15.95 to trade at $1287.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.35% to 423.370, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 93.49.