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 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 5.00% or 6.00 points to trade at 126.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) added 4.30% or 0.08 points to end at 1.94 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 3.45% or 0.16 points to 4.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD), which fell 9.41% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.54 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 4.50% or 0.99 points to end at 21.00 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 2.78% or 0.50 points to 17.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 25 to 18 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) fell to all time lows; down 9.41% or 0.16 to 1.54. Shares in Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.78% or 0.50 to 17.17.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.32% or 0.57 to $42.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.59% or 0.73 to hit $45.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1070.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.16% to 211.240, while USD/NGN fell 0.02% to 198.985.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 99.88.