Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.79%.
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. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.59% or 0.100 points to end at 2.280 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 3.51% or 0.20 points to 5.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 5.28% or 2.80 points to trade at 50.20 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.11% or 0.030 points to end at 0.700 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 4.05% or 0.030 points to 0.710.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 32 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $65.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.35% or 1.01 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1270.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.19% to 415.390, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 94.50.