Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 7.92% or 17.60 points to trade at 239.80 at the close. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) added 3.48% or 0.40 points to end at 11.90 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 2.17% or 0.020 points to 0.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.95% or 2.60 points to trade at 50.05 in late trade. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 3.73% or 0.25 points to end at 6.45 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 3.33% or 0.60 points to 17.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 52 to 43 and 19 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.08% or 2.13 to $71.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.99% or 2.24 to hit $77.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1313.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.03% to 427.510, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.89.