Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.00% or 0.24 points to trade at 6.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 2.75% or 6.50 points to end at 243.00 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.76% or 1.40 points to 185.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 5.00% or 2.85 points to trade at 54.15 at the close. Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) declined 4.89% or 0.68 points to end at 13.22 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.80% or 1.29 points to 25.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 62 to 21 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $46.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.95% or 0.49 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.91 to trade at $1312.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.73% to 429.570, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 92.81.