Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.03% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) added 3.85% or 0.25 points to end at 6.65 and Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) was up 0.68% or 0.35 points to 51.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which fell 4.96% or 5.20 points to trade at 99.70 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) declined 4.35% or 0.130 points to end at 2.860 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was down 4.35% or 1.05 points to 23.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 63 to 36 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.68% or 0.35 to 51.55.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.02% or 0.63 to $61.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.25% or 0.81 to hit $63.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.70 to trade at $1310.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.27% to 439.260, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 90.59.