Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.88% or 0.21 points to trade at 4.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) added 4.84% or 2.30 points to end at 48.50 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 3.85% or 0.040 points to 1.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 332.50 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 3.13% or 0.60 points to end at 18.60 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 1.61% or 0.050 points to 3.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 18 to 15 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.21% or 1.50 to $45.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.20% or 1.54 to hit $46.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.49% or 19.25 to trade at $1307.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.19% to 350.500, while USD/NGN fell 0.77% to 320.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 97.25.