Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.08% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 5.00% or 1.25 points to trade at 25.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 1.03% or 0.010 points to end at 0.980 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 0.88% or 0.05 points to 5.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which fell 4.85% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.96 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 3.09% or 0.06 points to end at 1.88 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 2.16% or 0.03 points to 1.39.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 20 to 17 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) fell to all time lows; losing 4.85% or 0.10 to 1.96. Shares in Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) fell to all time lows; down 3.09% or 0.06 to 1.88.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.93% or 0.39 to $41.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.10% or 0.04 to hit $44.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.29% or 13.80 to trade at $1082.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.53% to 213.390, while USD/NGN rose 0.11% to 199.210.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 98.94.