Investing.com – Nigeria equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which rose 4.59% or 2.85 points to trade at 64.88 at the close. Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) added 3.99% or 4.99 points to end at 129.08 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) was up 0.68% or 0.10 points to 14.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE), which lost 4.98% or 1.61 points to trade at 30.69 in late trade. Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN) declined 4.89% or 0.65 points to end at 12.64 and Nestle Nig (LAGOS:NESTLE) shed 4.00% or 23.99 points to 571.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 8 and 48 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.45% or 0.79 to $53.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.52% or 0.86 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.65 to trade at $1233.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.49% to 330.720, while USD/NGN rose 0.16% to 317.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.