Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which rose 3.77% or 0.80 points to trade at 20.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 2.10% or 2.10 points to end at 101.90 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 1.60% or 2.10 points to 133.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which fell 9.25% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.550 at the close. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 8.48% or 4.90 points to end at 52.75 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 4.95% or 0.100 points to 1.920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 68 to 24 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.52% or 0.32 to $61.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.29 to hit $65.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1317.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.26% to 445.160, while USD/NGN rose 0.28% to 361.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 90.04.