Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 added 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Pz Cussons LG (LAGOS:PZ), which rose 4.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Zenithbank (LAGOS:ZENITHB) added 3.51% or 0.79 points to end at 23.31 and Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) was up 2.04% or 0.80 points to 39.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skye Bank (LAGOS:SKYEBAN), which lost 3.77% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.510 in late trade. Unilever Nig (LAGOS:UNILEVE) declined 1.54% or 0.68 points to end at 44.52 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) shed 0.90% or 0.010 points to 1.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 40 to 33 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.55% or 0.81 to $51.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.34% or 0.77 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1289.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.28% to 421.100, while USD/NGN rose 1.27% to 359.500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.00.