Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 9.22% or 0.600 points to trade at 7.110 at the close. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 1.90% or 1.90 points to end at 101.90 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.84% or 0.28 points to 15.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.02% or 0.91 points to trade at 22.78 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 3.18% or 4.77 points to end at 145.23 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 2.44% or 1.00 points to 40.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 32 and 23 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.20% or 0.11 to $54.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $60.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.33 to trade at $1277.63 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.13% to 419.500, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 356.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.60.