Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 5.31% or 0.18 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 4.99% or 1.46 points to end at 30.71 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 4.93% or 0.07 points to 1.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG), which fell 3.01% or 0.18 points to trade at 5.80 at the close. Tiger Branded Consumer Goods PLC (LAGOS:TIGERBRD) declined 2.07% or 0.06 points to end at 2.84 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was down 1.96% or 0.02 points to 1.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 22 to 17 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.59% or 0.70 to $44.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.91% or 0.87 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.40 to trade at $1250.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.72% to 225.090, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.33.