Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance 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 Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.03% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.020 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 2.66% or 0.17 points to end at 6.57 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 2.04% or 0.31 points to 15.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which lost 4.90% or 0.71 points to trade at 14.00 in late trade. Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) declined 2.35% or 19.00 points to end at 780.00 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) shed 1.96% or 0.010 points to 0.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 13 and 63 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.68% or 0.88 to $53.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.98% or 1.09 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.40 to trade at $1201.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 1.23% to 335.530, while USD/NGN fell 0.15% to 315.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.66% at 101.03.