Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.19% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.970 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 2.25% or 0.09 points to end at 4.09 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) was up 1.67% or 5.00 points to 305.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which lost 4.23% or 1.04 points to trade at 23.56 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.23% or 0.21 points to end at 6.29 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 2.52% or 0.39 points to 15.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 18 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.90% or 0.47 to $51.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.13% or 0.62 to hit $54.32 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1185.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.64% to 332.940, while USD/NGN rose 0.16% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 101.95.