Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.92% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.530 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 1.92% or 0.01 points to end at 0.54 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.67% or 0.050 points to 3.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 8.98% or 22.00 points to trade at 226.02 in late trade. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 1.94% or 0.30 points to end at 14.76 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 1.13% or 0.16 points to 14.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 13 and 53 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $47.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.85 to trade at $1183.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.55% to 333.050, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 317.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 101.72.