Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which rose 3.20% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) added 2.17% or 0.07 points to end at 3.30 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 1.94% or 0.03 points to 1.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 2.50% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.90 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 2.13% or 0.50 points to end at 22.99 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 2.13% or 0.020 points to 0.920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 32 to 22 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.13% or 0.50 to 22.99.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.55% or 0.27 to $48.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $56.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.15% or 1.60 to trade at $1093.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.63% to 218.780, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 198.900.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 97.29.