Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.47% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 1.19% or 0.05 points to trade at 4.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 0.15% or 0.01 points to end at 6.80 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 0.05% or 0.05 points to 101.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which fell 4.93% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.00 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) declined 4.31% or 0.11 points to end at 2.43 and Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) was down 3.45% or 0.21 points to 5.88.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 36 to 15 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.81% or 0.49 to $59.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.59% or 0.38 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1172.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.03% to 222.830, while USD/NGN fell 0.01% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.45.