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 lost 0.38% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.99% or 1.52 points to trade at 31.97 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 2.56% or 0.20 points to end at 8.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 1.25% or 0.24 points to 19.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 4.60% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.66 in late trade. Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) declined 4.54% or 7.28 points to end at 153.00 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 4.52% or 0.19 points to 4.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 26 and 54 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.57 to $57.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.10 to trade at $1163.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.34% to 220.320, while USD/NGN fell 0.04% to 198.925.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 96.20.