Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 115.20 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 779.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 8.82% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.24 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 5.00% or 0.08 points to end at 1.59 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 4.98% or 0.24 points to 4.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 32 to 5 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 15.00. Shares in Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) fell to all time lows; losing 5.00% or 0.08 to 1.59.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.65% or 0.56 to $33.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.92% or 0.32 to hit $33.91 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.35% or 14.70 to trade at $1106.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.80% to 215.690, while USD/NGN rose 0.10% to 199.200.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 98.75.