Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 0.99% or 0.40 points to trade at 40.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 0.25% or 0.10 points to end at 39.99 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was up 0.11% or 1.55 points to 1450.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which fell 5.00% or 0.40 points to trade at 7.60 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) declined 3.77% or 0.42 points to end at 10.73 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 3.41% or 0.310 points to 8.770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 45 to 19 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $56.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.33 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.60 to trade at $1255.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.73% to 425.120, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.70.