Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 1.09% or 0.25 points to trade at 23.25 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 0.95% or 0.40 points to end at 42.50 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 0.70% or 0.050 points to 7.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 4.66% or 2.40 points to trade at 49.05 in late trade. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 4.14% or 0.070 points to end at 1.620 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 3.31% or 0.040 points to 1.170.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 36 to 31 and 26 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.76% or 0.43 to $57.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.77% or 0.49 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.55 to trade at $1287.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.37% to 419.040, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 356.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.39.