Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Dangflour (LAGOS:DANGFLO), which rose 4.76% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.42 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 3.56% or 0.16 points to end at 4.66 and Nig Brew (LAGOS:NB) was up 2.69% or 3.49 points to 133.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 4.52% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.90 in late trade. Firstcity Bnk (LAGOS:FCMB) declined 1.48% or 0.03 points to end at 2.00 and Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) shed 1.18% or 0.06 points to 5.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 15 and 47 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.58% or 1.14 to $43.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.66% or 1.28 to hit $46.82 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.20 to trade at $1086.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.15% to 213.200, while USD/NGN fell 0.03% to 198.940.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 99.12.