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 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
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 1.96% or 0.29 points to end at 15.10 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 1.79% or 0.010 points to 0.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 1.67% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.59 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 1.48% or 2.14 points to end at 142.87 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) shed 1.26% or 0.05 points to 3.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 17 and 42 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.74% or 0.79 to $44.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.34% or 0.63 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.46% or 6.05 to trade at $1302.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.48% to 352.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.79% to 315.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.16.