Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.70% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES) added 2.68% or 2.85 points to end at 105.01 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 1.81% or 0.040 points to 2.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which fell 4.59% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.04 at the close. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 3.03% or 0.05 points to end at 1.60 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) was down 2.51% or 0.100 points to 3.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 23 to 20 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.67% or 1.33 to $48.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.81% or 1.44 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.56% or 7.40 to trade at $1319.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.49% to 314.520, while USD/NGN rose 0.35% to 283.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 96.33.