Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 6.02% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.88 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 5.00% or 0.15 points to end at 3.15 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 2.68% or 0.16 points to 6.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which lost 4.53% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.32 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.54% or 0.03 points to end at 1.15 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 2.53% or 2.00 points to 76.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 18 and 35 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.13% or 0.05 to $38.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.57% or 0.23 to hit $40.28 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.46% or 5.70 to trade at $1234.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.71% to 226.700, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.55.