Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 9.09% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 8.82% or 0.060 points to end at 0.740 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was up 3.41% or 1.65 points to 49.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 5.00% or 1.15 points to trade at 21.85 in late trade. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) declined 4.41% or 10.30 points to end at 223.50 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) shed 3.53% or 1.90 points to 53.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $66.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.35% or 18.40 to trade at $1341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.30% to 444.160, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 89.45.