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 1.22% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 7.08% or 15.00 points to trade at 227.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) added 2.41% or 0.35 points to end at 14.85 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 50.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which fell 8.28% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.440 at the close. Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) declined 7.09% or 1.55 points to end at 20.30 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 5.50% or 0.120 points to 2.060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 75 to 16 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.90% or 0.65 to $71.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.69% or 0.55 to hit $79.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 14.60 to trade at $1304.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.05% to 421.930, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.61.