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 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the NSE 30 were Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which rose 8.44% or 3.19 points to trade at 39.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3.00 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 7.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which fell 4.91% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.45 at the close. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 4.80% or 1.14 points to end at 22.61 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) was down 4.73% or 0.07 points to 1.41.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lagos Stock Exchange by 39 to 11 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.49% or 1.08 to $42.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.72 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.70% or 7.90 to trade at $1115.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.21% to 221.170, while USD/NGN fell 0.16% to 199.050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 96.45.