Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.09% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 3.49% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.890 at the close. Meanwhile, Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) added 1.36% or 0.32 points to end at 23.76 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was up 0.76% or 0.05 points to 6.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO), which fell 5.90% or 2.62 points to trade at 41.78 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) declined 2.40% or 0.080 points to end at 3.230 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 1.16% or 0.010 points to 0.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 13 to 11 and 98 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.44% or 0.23 to $52.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.47% or 0.26 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.15 to trade at $1244.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 3.11% to 325.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.93% to 314.550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.10.