Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 5.00% or 0.17 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 5.00% or 6.57 points to end at 138.05 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 1.40% or 0.02 points to 1.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which fell 4.98% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.29 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 4.90% or 0.24 points to end at 4.81 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 4.24% or 0.10 points to 2.28.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 26 to 15 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.44% or 1.52 to $45.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.43% or 1.16 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.81% or 8.90 to trade at $1110.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.88% to 223.010, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 198.800.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 95.55.