Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.22% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 1.32% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 1.85% or 0.10 points to end at 5.50 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 0.16% or 0.01 points to 6.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which lost 4.82% or 13.97 points to trade at 289.99 in late trade. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 3.39% or 0.020 points to end at 0.570 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 3.33% or 0.030 points to 0.870.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 14 and 54 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.70% or 0.32 to $45.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.66% or 0.31 to hit $46.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.05 to trade at $1225.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.79% to 327.100, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 316.500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 100.64.