Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.29% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 5.76% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 4.89% or 0.55 points to end at 11.55 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 3.73% or 0.25 points to 6.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which fell 9.54% or 1.45 points to trade at 13.75 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) declined 8.22% or 2.45 points to end at 27.35 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.90% or 1.15 points to 22.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 66 to 28 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.43% or 0.27 to $63.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.60 to trade at $1340.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.03% to 442.260, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.73.