Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 declined 0.62% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which rose 4.14% or 0.60 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) added 2.94% or 1.00 points to end at 35.00 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.07% or 0.01 points to 15.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which fell 9.73% or 1.19 points to trade at 11.06 at the close. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.84% or 0.24 points to end at 4.75 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was down 3.37% or 0.030 points to 0.860.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos by 27 to 9 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) fell to 3-years lows; down 9.73% or 1.19 to 11.06.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.41% or 0.74 to $53.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.93% or 0.51 to hit $55.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1234.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 3.21% to 335.620, while USD/NGN rose 0.94% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.58.