Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.70% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 2.68% or 2.85 points to end at 105.01 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.81% or 0.040 points to 2.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 4.59% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.04 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 3.03% or 0.05 points to end at 1.60 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 2.51% or 0.100 points to 3.880.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 20 and 51 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.67% or 1.33 to $48.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.81% or 1.44 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.55% or 7.35 to trade at $1319.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.49% to 314.520, while USD/NGN rose 0.35% to 283.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 96.32.