Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN), which rose 4.24% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.05 at the close. Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) added 3.72% or 7.20 points to end at 200.50 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) was up 2.43% or 0.95 points to 40.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR), which lost 2.38% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.15 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 2.07% or 0.030 points to end at 1.420 and Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) shed 2.16% or 0.55 points to 25.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 23 and 23 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.19% or 2.25 to $72.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.97% or 1.50 to hit $77.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1256.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.30% to 418.830, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 94.79.