Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.70% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.120 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 2.00% or 0.30 points to end at 15.19 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 1.27% or 0.70 points to 55.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 4.82% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.95 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.55% or 0.03 points to end at 0.63 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 4.48% or 0.030 points to 0.640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 16 and 48 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.12% or 1.46 to $48.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.13% or 1.06 to hit $50.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.60% or 8.05 to trade at $1356.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 10.62% to 392.990, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 321.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 94.25.