Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.88% or 0.21 points to trade at 4.51 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 4.84% or 2.30 points to end at 48.50 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 3.85% or 0.040 points to 1.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 332.50 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 3.13% or 0.60 points to end at 18.60 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 1.61% or 0.050 points to 3.090.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 15 and 56 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.21% or 1.50 to $45.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.20% or 1.54 to hit $46.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.51% or 19.45 to trade at $1307.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.19% to 350.500, while USD/NGN fell 0.77% to 320.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 97.25.