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 fell 2.39%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 3.63% or 0.21 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 2.38% or 0.030 points to end at 1.290 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.03% or 0.13 points to 12.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which fell 4.98% or 0.52 points to trade at 9.93 at the close. Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) declined 4.93% or 1.92 points to end at 37.43 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was down 4.68% or 1.82 points to 37.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 51 to 18 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.57% or 0.27 to $47.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.82 to trade at $1282.52 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.54% to 423.470, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 363.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.76.