Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.97% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 9.68% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 6.56% or 1.20 points to end at 17.75 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 3.97% or 1.45 points to 37.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE), which fell 5.55% or 84.70 points to trade at 1410.50 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 5.36% or 0.75 points to end at 13.50 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 4.86% or 0.450 points to 8.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 59 to 30 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $67.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.19% or 0.87 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.60 to trade at $1223.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 18.12% to 419.470, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.94.