Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 4.59% or 2.85 points to trade at 64.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 3.99% or 4.99 points to end at 129.08 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.68% or 0.10 points to 14.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which fell 4.98% or 1.61 points to trade at 30.69 at the close. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.89% or 0.65 points to end at 12.64 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) was down 4.00% or 23.99 points to 571.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 19 to 8 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.89% or 0.65 to 12.64.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.45% or 0.79 to $53.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.52% or 0.86 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.75 to trade at $1233.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.49% to 330.720, while USD/NGN rose 0.16% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.