Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 5.04% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.250 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.44% or 0.040 points to end at 0.940 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 3.92% or 0.020 points to 0.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 4.27% or 2.99 points to trade at 66.81 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 3.67% or 29.00 points to end at 753.05 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 2.40% or 0.40 points to 16.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 18 and 50 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.63% or 0.33 to $52.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.38% or 16.55 to trade at $1212.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.25% to 337.090, while USD/NGN fell 0.02% to 315.200.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.06% at 100.45.