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 lost 0.33% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 5.00% or 14.47 points to trade at 295.10 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 2.22% or 0.40 points to end at 17.52 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.03% or 0.060 points to 3.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which lost 5.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.140 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.90% or 1.00 points to end at 19.38 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.81% or 0.24 points to 4.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 13 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.32% or 0.16 to $50.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.55% or 6.95 to trade at $1263.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.11% to 347.060, while USD/NGN rose 0.32% to 316.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.78.