Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL), which rose 4.32% or 9.40 points to trade at 227.00 at the close. Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH) added 2.76% or 0.300 points to end at 11.150 and Dangote Flour Mills PLC (LAGOS:DANGFLOUR) was up 1.88% or 0.30 points to 16.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT), which lost 5.66% or 0.180 points to trade at 3.000 in late trade. Union Bank LG (LAGOS:UBN) declined 4.90% or 0.35 points to end at 6.80 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) shed 4.76% or 1.15 points to 23.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 55 to 33 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.32% or 0.20 to $61.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $65.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1329.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.26% to 443.990, while USD/NGN rose 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.83.