Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 4.17% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.00 at the close. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) added 3.03% or 0.12 points to end at 4.10 and Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) was up 2.87% or 0.06 points to 2.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB), which lost 5.00% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.85 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.99% or 1.99 points to end at 37.00 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) shed 3.55% or 0.21 points to 5.72.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 32 to 25 and 31 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.37% or 0.19 to $51.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.80 to trade at $1143.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 1.33% to 216.600, while USD/NGN fell 0.09% to 198.925.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 97.70.