Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.47% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 1.19% or 0.05 points to trade at 4.25 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 0.15% or 0.01 points to end at 6.80 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 0.05% or 0.05 points to 101.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which lost 4.93% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.00 in late trade. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.31% or 0.11 points to end at 2.43 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) shed 3.45% or 0.21 points to 5.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 36 to 15 and 46 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.81% or 0.49 to $59.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.59% or 0.38 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1172.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.03% to 222.830, while USD/NGN fell 0.01% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.45.