Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 4.96% or 2.25 points to trade at 47.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 2.56% or 0.80 points to end at 32.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 2.42% or 0.20 points to 8.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 8.94% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.120 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 8.82% or 0.120 points to end at 1.240 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 5.00% or 72.20 points to 1372.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 66 to 25 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.96% or 2.25 to 47.60.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.37% or 1.50 to $61.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.73% or 1.16 to hit $65.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 8.90 to trade at $1320.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.19% to 445.210, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 90.12.