Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.96% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.11 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.65% or 0.040 points to end at 0.900 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 3.30% or 0.110 points to 3.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 5.00% or 4.15 points to trade at 78.90 in late trade. Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) declined 4.94% or 0.21 points to end at 4.04 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) shed 4.03% or 0.63 points to 15.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 16 and 54 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $53.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.27% or 0.15 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.58% or 18.45 to trade at $1183.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.60% to 330.290, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 101.43.