Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.93% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which rose 9.84% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) added 4.44% or 0.60 points to end at 14.10 and Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) was up 3.33% or 0.020 points to 0.590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 10.00% or 2.30 points to trade at 20.70 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 5.88% or 2.75 points to end at 44.05 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 5.48% or 81.00 points to 1398.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 63 to 25 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) fell to 5-year lows; down 10.00% or 2.30 to 20.70.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.39% or 1.68 to $68.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.79% or 1.43 to hit $78.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1208.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.48% to 422.960, while USD/NGN rose 0.42% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 94.56.