Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 6.67% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.12 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 3.16% or 0.15 points to end at 4.66 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 2.08% or 0.02 points to 0.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB), which lost 5.48% or 6.68 points to trade at 115.32 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 2.79% or 0.12 points to end at 4.19 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 2.05% or 1.50 points to 71.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 24 and 39 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.28% or 0.56 to $44.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.35 to hit $44.97 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1275.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.48% to 227.670, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 93.73.