Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 0.99% or 0.40 points to trade at 40.21 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 0.25% or 0.10 points to end at 39.99 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was up 0.11% or 1.55 points to 1450.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which lost 5.00% or 0.40 points to trade at 7.60 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.77% or 0.42 points to end at 10.73 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 3.41% or 0.310 points to 8.770.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 45 to 19 and 23 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.30% or 0.17 to $56.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.33 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.60 to trade at $1255.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.73% to 425.120, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.70.