Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.86% or 10.80 points to trade at 233.00 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 2.20% or 1.10 points to end at 51.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 1.65% or 0.200 points to 12.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 4.55% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.860 in late trade. Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) declined 2.74% or 1.15 points to end at 40.85 and Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) shed 2.30% or 0.40 points to 17.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 59 to 44 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.39% or 0.28 to $70.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.35% or 0.27 to hit $76.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.50 to trade at $1320.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.12% to 428.020, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.63.