Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.09% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.49% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.890 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.36% or 0.32 points to end at 23.76 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.76% or 0.05 points to 6.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which lost 5.90% or 2.62 points to trade at 41.78 in late trade. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.40% or 0.080 points to end at 3.230 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 1.16% or 0.010 points to 0.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 11 and 98 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.42% or 0.22 to $52.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.35 to trade at $1244.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 3.11% to 325.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.93% to 314.550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 100.09.