Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.02% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which rose 3.95% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.42 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) added 3.03% or 0.75 points to end at 25.01 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was up 0.61% or 0.01 points to 1.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 5.00% or 7.31 points to trade at 138.93 in late trade. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 4.59% or 0.25 points to end at 5.18 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 3.66% or 0.15 points to 3.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 33 to 20 and 47 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.52% or 1.30 to $52.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.29% or 1.88 to hit $58.92 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.00 to trade at $1160.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.33% to 219.730, while USD/NGN rose 0.05% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 96.75.