Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.62% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 4.14% or 0.60 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 2.94% or 1.00 points to end at 35.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.07% or 0.01 points to 15.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 9.73% or 1.19 points to trade at 11.06 in late trade. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.84% or 0.24 points to end at 4.75 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 3.37% or 0.030 points to 0.860.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 9 and 74 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.41% or 0.74 to $53.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.96% or 0.53 to hit $55.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.35 to trade at $1234.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.21% to 335.620, while USD/NGN rose 0.94% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.58.