Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 2.41% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 5.17% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.10 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 4.95% or 0.33 points to end at 6.99 and Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) was up 4.84% or 0.23 points to 4.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which lost 0.60% or 0.01 points to trade at 1.66 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 0.44% or 0.010 points to end at 2.270 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 5.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 37 to 10 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.38% or 0.69 to $49.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.26% or 0.64 to hit $50.01 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.56% or 20.15 to trade at $1271.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 8.04% to 318.800, while USD/NGN rose 0.03% to 199.200.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 94.03.