Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 1.32% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.85% or 0.33 points to trade at 7.14 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 4.67% or 0.70 points to end at 15.75 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 4.60% or 0.040 points to 0.910 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which lost 3.58% or 0.24 points to trade at 6.46 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 2.35% or 6.00 points to end at 249.50 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 2.22% or 1.10 points to 48.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 34 to 8 and 62 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.29% or 0.60 to $45.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.30% or 0.64 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 11.64 to trade at $1215.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.37% to 342.960, while USD/NGN fell 1.33% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 99.47.