Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB), which rose 4.79% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.970 at the close. Fidelitybk (LAGOS:FIDELIT) added 4.00% or 0.100 points to end at 2.590 and Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ) was up 2.68% or 0.60 points to 22.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS), which lost 5.53% or 0.65 points to trade at 11.10 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 4.94% or 2.75 points to end at 52.90 and Total Nig (LAGOS:TOTAL) shed 3.24% or 7.90 points to 235.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 63 to 40 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.03% or 0.67 to $64.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.56% or 0.39 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1325.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.40% to 443.650, while USD/NGN fell 0.14% to 360.000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.53.