Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which rose 4.55% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 4.45% or 0.89 points to end at 20.01 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 0.72% or 0.01 points to 1.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 2.91% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.62 at the close. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 4.00% or 3.75 points to end at 90.00 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was down 3.68% or 0.07 points to 1.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 32 to 12 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.87% or 1.23 to $41.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.57% or 1.20 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.00 to trade at $1078.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.13% to 213.480, while USD/NGN rose 0.12% to 199.170.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 98.84.