Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Wemabank (LAGOS:WEMABAN), which rose 3.92% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.520 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 2.27% or 0.51 points to end at 23.01 and Dangsugar (LAGOS:DANGSUG) was up 1.56% or 0.20 points to 12.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guiness Nig (LAGOS:GUINNES), which lost 3.37% or 2.96 points to trade at 85.41 in late trade. Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) declined 3.36% or 0.040 points to end at 1.160 and Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) shed 2.33% or 0.030 points to 1.260.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 43 to 29 and 22 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.28% or 0.13 to $46.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.93% or 0.47 to hit $50.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 10.28 to trade at $1293.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was down 0.35% to 421.970, while USD/NGN fell 0.28% to 362.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.50.