Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.97% or 9.60 points to trade at 202.90 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 1.96% or 0.50 points to end at 26.00 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 1.37% or 0.010 points to 0.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 5.00% or 2.65 points to trade at 50.35 in late trade. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 4.82% or 1.00 points to end at 19.75 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 4.20% or 0.25 points to 5.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 53 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.85% or 0.55 to $65.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.31 to hit $74.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1275.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.07% to 416.200, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.69.