Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.93% or 0.31 points to trade at 6.72 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 3.46% or 0.46 points to end at 13.81 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) was up 3.35% or 0.46 points to 14.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 4.91% or 1.78 points to trade at 34.50 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 13.25 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 12 and 42 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.78% or 0.86 to $47.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.32% or 0.68 to hit $50.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.55 to trade at $1203.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.49% to 334.120, while USD/NGN fell 0.55% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.40.