Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 4.38% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.250 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 1.48% or 0.09 points to end at 6.19 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 0.84% or 0.20 points to 24.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 4.97% or 0.75 points to trade at 14.50 in late trade. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 3.81% or 4.48 points to end at 113.02 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 3.57% or 0.030 points to 0.810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 17 and 66 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.34% or 0.18 to $52.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.77% or 0.43 to hit $55.32 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.05 to trade at $1241.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 2.23% to 325.130, while USD/NGN fell 0.71% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 100.56.