Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 7.17% or 0.90 points to trade at 13.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 4.24% or 0.050 points to end at 1.240 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 4.32% or 0.60 points to 14.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which fell 3.45% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.560 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) declined 2.73% or 2.50 points to end at 89.00 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was down 2.17% or 1.00 points to 45.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 44 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.21% or 0.91 to $76.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.29% or 1.09 to hit $85.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.70 to trade at $1202.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.10% to 419.390, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 363.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.40.