Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Insurance and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.94% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which rose 2.57% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.19 at the close. Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN) added 2.17% or 0.05 points to end at 2.35 and Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) was up 1.28% or 0.03 points to 2.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which lost 3.00% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.000 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.87% or 0.10 points to end at 3.40 and Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) shed 1.83% or 0.11 points to 5.89.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 29 to 21 and 57 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.18% or 0.08 to $45.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $48.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.11% or 12.50 to trade at $1114.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.78% to 222.120, while USD/NGN unchanged 0.00% to 199.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 96.47.