Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 10.16% or 2.03 points to trade at 22.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 4.00% or 0.500 points to end at 13.000 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.93% or 0.48 points to 12.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 9.25% or 0.270 points to trade at 2.650 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 9.22% or 0.130 points to end at 1.280 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 8.40% or 0.100 points to 1.090.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 48 to 29 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) rose to all time highs; up 10.16% or 2.03 to 22.01.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.81% or 0.53 to $66.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.75% or 0.53 to hit $71.06 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.80 to trade at $1360.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.51% to 447.140, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.