Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.37% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which rose 9.88% or 0.170 points to trade at 1.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) added 2.67% or 0.020 points to end at 0.760 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was up 2.17% or 0.200 points to 9.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 8.82% or 1.50 points to trade at 15.50 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 7.59% or 1.15 points to end at 14.00 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 6.15% or 0.080 points to 1.220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 61 to 25 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.59% or 1.15 to 14.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.43% or 0.98 to $69.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.76% or 0.56 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.00 to trade at $1230.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.17% to 422.690, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 361.450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.29.