Investing.com – Nigeria stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 fell 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.39% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) added 2.85% or 0.18 points to end at 6.50 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 0.82% or 1.22 points to 149.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT), which fell 4.75% or 1.14 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN) declined 4.62% or 0.030 points to end at 0.620 and Stanbicibtc Hl (LAGOS:IBTC) was down 3.51% or 0.60 points to 17.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 27 to 11 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.24% or 0.12 to $50.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.65 to trade at $1258.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.14% to 342.830, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 305.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 97.58.