Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 8.44% or 3.19 points to trade at 39.72 at the close. Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 7.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which lost 4.91% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.45 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 4.80% or 1.14 points to end at 22.61 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 4.73% or 0.07 points to 1.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 39 to 11 and 45 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.49% or 1.08 to $42.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.72 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.70% or 7.90 to trade at $1115.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.21% to 221.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 96.44.