Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.97% or 9.60 points to trade at 202.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.59% or 0.100 points to end at 2.280 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was up 3.51% or 0.20 points to 5.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 5.28% or 2.80 points to trade at 50.20 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.11% or 0.030 points to end at 0.700 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was down 4.05% or 0.030 points to 0.710.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 59 to 32 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $65.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.35% or 1.01 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1270.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.19% to 415.390, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 94.50.