Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 1.69% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 1.25% or 0.50 points to end at 40.10 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 0.77% or 0.30 points to 39.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 3.82% or 0.60 points to trade at 14.98 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.02% or 1.08 points to end at 25.81 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 2.63% or 1.50 points to 55.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 51 to 24 and 22 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.88% or 0.41 to $46.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.65 to trade at $1320.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.14% to 432.740, while USD/NGN rose 0.84% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.02.